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ABB to Add Optical Sensors to Four More GHGSat Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellites

ABB has secured a third contract with GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, to manufacture optical sensors for their C12, C13, C14 and C15 satellites set to launch into orbit in 2024.

29 Nov 2023

Multifunctional Transition and Temperature-Responsive Contact Lenses

Better treatment strategies are urgently needed, as evidenced by the rise in eye diseases around the world, which is mostly attributable to inadequate ophthalmic diagnosis and monitoring.

28 Nov 2023

Multi-Synaptic Photonic Networks Unlock New Horizons in Neuromorphic Computing

Researchers have recently developed an advanced form of photonic spiking neural networks (SNNs), a significant step in neuromorphic computing. This new approach utilizes a multi-synaptic photonic SNN, combining modified remote supervised learning with delay-weight co-training for pattern classification.

23 Nov 2023

Goddard Engineer Recognized for His Innovation in Photon Sieves

Engineer Steven Denis was selected the FY23 Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Innovator of the Year by Goddard’s Office of the Chief Technologist, an honor bestowed yearly on those who exemplify the best in innovation.

17 Nov 2023

Nanophotonics Paves the Way for Efficient Nighttime Warming

Warming has been pivotal in many industrial and agricultural operations across time. Yet, nighttime heating poses a unique hurdle due to the lack of sunlight.

16 Nov 2023

White Paper on Improving Performance in Photonics Alignment: When Time is Money

Auburn, MA – In its latest white paper, the authors explain how photonics engineers and scientists can benefit from the latest alignment algorithms. The algorithms can be used with a wide range of hardware and appl...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 13 Nov 2023

Developing New Technique for Harnessing Chaotic Light

Harnessing and controlling light is essential for advancing technology, encompassing energy harvesting, computation, communications, and biomedical sensing.

3 Nov 2023

Capturing High-Speed Processes with New Frequency Comb

From detecting COVID in the breath to monitoring greenhouse gas concentrations, laser technologies known as frequency combs can identify particular molecules as simple as carbon dioxide and as complex as monoclonal antibodies with unparalleled accuracy and sensitivity.

31 Oct 2023

Simultaneous Scattering of Two Photons by a Single Two-Level Atom

Partners in the DAALI project, Jürgen Volz and Arno Rauschenbeutel of the Department of Physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin, have provided fresh insights into the light-scattering behavior of fluorescent atoms that could have applications in quantum communication.

27 Oct 2023

Innovating the Most Sensitive Uncooled Thermal Camera Drone Payload with Skydio

The Thermal by FLIR program is a cooperative product development and marketing program. It supports original equipment manufacturers to integrate Teledyne FLIR thermal camera modules into products.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 25 Oct 2023