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Thermal Imaging Lets Researchers See Beyond the Surface of Butterfly Wings

News - 10 Feb 2023

It turns out that butterflies are just as striking in thermal as they are in the visible light spectrum. According to a study published in Nature by researchers from Columbia Engineering and Harvard...

Recycling Made Simpler with Photonic Labeling

News - 7 Feb 2023

Less than 15% of the 92 million tons of clothing and other textiles disposed of yearly are recycled, in part because they are so hard to sort. Woven-in labels made of low-cost photonic ﬁbres...

New Instrument Tailored to the Needs of Nasa Space Missions

News - 17 Jan 2023

As space missions seem to be more challenging into the outer solar system, the requirement for highly compact, resource-conserving, and precise analytical tools have become highly...

Investigating the Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structure (LIPSS) of Silicon

News - 11 Jan 2023

The need for smaller periodic nanostructures continues to grow as nanotechnology develops. Laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) has been earmarked as a viable alternative to the current...

Novel Approach for the Production of Extremely Energetic UV Light

News - 2 Dec 2022

Numerous photochemical processes depend on UV light from ineffective or unsafe light sources that the LED technology would find hard to substitute due to certain technical aspects. Conversion of...

New Model Paves the Way Toward Sustainable Optical Devices

News - 24 Nov 2022

A new study performed has shown how the glass-like shells of diatoms tend to help such microscopic organisms execute photosynthesis in dim conditions. A new optical study reveals how the glass-like...

A Hybrid Solar Lighting Method with Photometric Characteristics for Daylighting

News - 14 Nov 2022

A group of researchers led by Professor Seung-Jin Oh from the Sustainable Technology and Wellness R&D Group, Jeju Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology have developed a hybrid solar...

Smart Windows Offer a Low-Energy Alternative to Wi-Fi

News - 2 Nov 2022

Directly harnessing the sun’s energy for wireless data transmission to electronic devices could be possible. A smart glass system created by KAUST researchers can regulate the sunlight that...

Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) of Nanosilica Using Nanosecond Laser

News - 28 Oct 2022

In an article published in Nanomaterials, researchers accomplished laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) of silica nanoparticle films by utilizing an inexpensive nanosecond laser with a central...

Study Improves Output Power of Photovoltaic Panels

News - 26 Sep 2022

In an article published in Photonics, researchers established a photovoltaic array model under a laser and simulated it via MATLAB/Simulink. Study: Analysis and Experiment of Laser Wireless...