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Low-Power Lasers Propel Much Faster than Rocket Engines

The progress of space travel could be agonizingly slow. For instance, the New Horizons probe took nearly a decade to reach Pluto, also traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, would require thousands of years with even the largest rockets.

24 Feb 2022

Innovative Imager Microchip Enables Devices to See Through Obstacles

Scientists from The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Oklahoma State University have engineered an innovative terahertz imager microchip that allows devices to sense objects and form images through obstacles that include smoke, dust, fog, and snow.

24 Feb 2022

Optical Lattice Atomic Clock Could Lead to New Physics Discoveries

University of Wisconsin–Madison physicists have made one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever, they announced Feb. 16 in the journal Nature.

24 Feb 2022

Artificial Electronic Retina Mimics the Behavior of the Eye’s Rod Retina Cells

An artificial electronic retina that can "see" in a similar way to the human vision system and can recognize handwritten digits has been built by KAUST researchers as they seek to develop better options for computer vision applications.

24 Feb 2022

Software Update with New Features and Trial Month for the AI Training Software

Users of the all-in-one embedded vision system IDS NXT ocean now have a whole range of new features at their disposal.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 23 Feb 2022

Menhir Photonics Presents An Improved Version Of Its Menhir-1550 Ultralow-Noise Femtosecond Laser

At the Photonics West 2022, Menhir Photonics presents, for the first time, a new extended version of its famous MENHIR-1550 SERIES

From Menhir Photonics AG 23 Feb 2022

New Low-Cost Device Manipulates Light and Fluid for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, both in Spain, have demonstrated a new low-cost portable instrument that manipulates light and fluid for fast and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples.

23 Feb 2022

Researchers Employ Novel Imaging Method to Take the Snapshot of a Cyclic Molecule

A snapshot of a cyclic molecule has been taken using a new imaging method by a global team of researchers at the European XFEL.

22 Feb 2022

Application Optimised Machine Vision Lenses

Resolve Optics is a leading designer and supplier of high performance custom machine vision lenses.

21 Feb 2022

Researchers Develop a Novel Methodology that Swiftly Detects COVID-19

The novel method enables the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal exudate (the very same samples used in a PCR test) from symptomatic individuals with a sensitivity of 100% and selectivity of 87.5%.

21 Feb 2022

Advanced Device Opens the Door to High-Resolution, Real-Time Imaging Systems

Researchers have created a device that enables them to electronically steer and focus a beam of terahertz electromagnetic energy with extreme precision. This opens the door to high-resolution, real-time imaging devices that are hundredths the size of other radar systems and more robust than other optical systems.

21 Feb 2022

Vortex Microscope can Capture 3D Motion of Molecules in Liquid

Comprehending the basics of molecular interaction in the real, chaotic, dynamic setting of a living body is a challenge that has to be surpassed so as to deal with a variety of diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.

18 Feb 2022

Researchers Create Tunable Lenses Using Piezoelectric Thin Film and Metasurfaces

For the first time, researchers have created a metasurface lens that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied. Because it is extremely compact and lightweight, the new lens could be useful for portable medical diagnostic instruments, drone-based 3D mapping and other applications where miniaturization can open new possibilities.

18 Feb 2022

Optical Nanoantennas can be Dynamically Tuned by Applying Electrical Potentials

Researchers at Linköping University have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials. The study, which has been published in Advanced Materials, opens for applications including dynamic flat metaoptics and tuneable smart materials.

18 Feb 2022

Study Shows Improved Efficiency from Spectrum Splitting in Tandem Solar Cells

Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a major stepping-stone in our transition towards a sustainable energy economy. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) roadmap suggests that by 2050, electricity generation from PV should reach 43 percent of the total installed power capacity.

18 Feb 2022