Institutions in the UK, Spain, and the Canary Islands are ready to break ground on an ambitious project to build the world’s largest robotic telescope on the island of La Palma in the Canaries. The enormous automated mechanical structure will enable astronomers worldwide to watch dynamic events in space such as supernovae and cosmic rays as they are unfolding in real-time.
By Ben Pilkington
26 Oct 2021
Global agricultural, construction and forestry machinery manufacturer John Deere recently announced a partnership with historic technology firm Intel that will develop a fresh crop of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for a key challenge in industrial welding: porosity.
By Ben Pilkington
25 Oct 2021
New research from University College London (UCL) has brought us closer to predicting how patients will respond to cancer treatment. The novel mass spectrometry technique will be valuable to developing personalized treatment plans for patients.
By Sarah Moore
25 Oct 2021
While there are many efforts to develop more advanced autonomous vehicles that can be used for both device location and detonation, Raman spectroscopy has become one of the most widely adopted chemical sensing techniques. A variant of Raman spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), which is sensitive to species deposited on surface layers, has been of particular interest for remote landmine detection.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
22 Oct 2021
A team of researchers from both Skoltech and IBM has created an incredibly efficient optical switch that may pave the way to new, energy-efficient optical transistors.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
22 Oct 2021
The detrimental impact of carbon emissions on the ocean is recorded in marine microfossils, revealing ancient climate data to help scientists gain a deeper understanding of how ecosystems are being affected.
By Sarah Moore
21 Oct 2021
Scientists have successfully created a platform where vertical-cavity lasers combine to act together as a single laser. The groundbreaking research has resulted in developing a robust and highly efficient laser, which may have applications in a range of sectors,
By Sarah Moore
21 Oct 2021
AZoOptics speaks to Professor David Amabilino about recent breakthrough research looking at how self-made fibers guide molecular movement using light.
By Laura Thomson
20 Oct 2021
The most powerful lasers in the world can reach up to 10 petawatts (10 quadrillion, or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 watts) of emitted light. They are used to study extreme plasmas and other rare phenomena in the universe. Scientists are also planning to build a 100 petawatt laser that will be used to tear energy from matter in empty space.
By Ben Pilkington
20 Oct 2021
Proteins are a common target in cancer therapies, as they are the biomolecules responsible for carrying out most biological processes. The ability to perform high throughput measurements with mass spectrometry has made it a popular tool in clinical proteomics and, in some cases, mass spectrometry is replacing antibody testing as the diagnosis of choice for different types of cancers.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
20 Oct 2021