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Using Machine Learning and Raman Spectroscopy for Efficient Detection of COVID-19

The novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, which causes the highly contagious COVID-19, has infected millions of people worldwide. The global spread of this deadly pandemic has triggered widespread research on infection control. However, controlling the spread of COVID-19 is challenging for many reasons.

10 Feb 2022

Useful Insights into Laser-Matter Interactions

Studies of laser-matter interactions are an important and rapidly growing area of physics. This special issue of EPJ ST, edited by Sivarama Krishnan at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Marcel Mudrich at Aarhus University, Denmark, contains a set of 21 articles in this field, encompassing a broad range of experimental and theoretical approaches.

10 Feb 2022

Prototype of a Clinical CT Device Combines Dark-Field X-Ray Technology with Traditional Technology

The dark-field X-ray technology has been implemented into a CT scanner appropriate for clinical usage for the first time by a team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Dark-field imaging adds to the information offered by conventional X-ray imaging. It is now feasible to create 3D dark-field X-ray images using the new prototype.

9 Feb 2022

Radiant Presents Smart Glass Applications and Quality Considerations at Automotive Displays Online Conference

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for automotive lighting and displays, announces that it will give a presentation at the 2nd annual Automotive Displays Online Conference

From Radiant Vision Systems 9 Feb 2022

New Concept of an Optical Bottle-Beam Trap for Lab-on-a-Chip

Tomsk Polytechnic University (TMU), researchers along with their co-workers from the National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) suggested a novel concept of a new optical bottle-beam trap.

8 Feb 2022

New Nonlinear Encryption Method for Images is Immune to Attack

As a carrier of information, light possesses many unique features that can be processed to secure data. The way that light bends and moves can be built into devices for essential anti-counterfeit measures in documents, currency, and credit cards.

8 Feb 2022

Researchers Develop Highly Sustainable Mechanical Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are a kind of programmable structure that could be used to control the regulation of electromagnetic waves by modifying the electric and magnetic properties of a surface

7 Feb 2022

NIST Instrument Uses an Optical Interferometer to Capture Super High Frequency Vibrations

Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the cacophony of radio frequencies in the airwaves, these resonators select just the right frequencies for transmitting and receiving signals between mobile devices.

7 Feb 2022

Optical Spine and Posture Analysis with uEye Industrial Cameras

DIERS International GmbH (Germany) enables fast and high-resolution optical measurement of the human back, spine and pelvis with DIERS formetric 4D - contactless and radiation-free. Up to 5 camera units are integrated, equipped with uEye industrial cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 4 Feb 2022

SPIE Photonics West Delivers a Successful Return to In-Person Science and Engineering Events

SPIE safely welcomed the international photonics community back to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from 22-27 January for Photonics West. The largest annual photonics conference and exhibition, including its BiOS, LASE, and OPTO symposia and the AR|VR|MR conference, garnered more than 10,000 registered attendees, hosted more than 950 exhibitors, and included 2,100 technical presentations.

4 Feb 2022

Biotium and UC Berkeley Announce New Study Offering Strategy for Designing Fluorescent Dyes for Super-resolution Imaging

Biotium, a leading life science reagent supplier and producer of innovative dyes, has collaborated with Professor Ke Xu at University of California, Berkeley to generate a strategy for improving the photoswitching behavior of rhodamine dyes for optimal (d)STORM [(direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy] performance.

From Biotium, Inc. 4 Feb 2022

Digital Lighting System for Greenhouses Could Cut Electricity Costs

According to a study from scientists at the University of Georgia, a new, internet-linked lighting system for greenhouses could drastically decrease the electrical bill of a farmer.

3 Feb 2022

Researchers Leverage 3D Design Space to Create a Metamaterial with Robust Optical Properties

Metamaterials, made up of small, repeated structures, engineered to produce desired interactions with light or sound waves, can improve optical devices used in telecommunications, imaging and more. But the functionality of the devices can be limited by the corresponding design space, according to Lei Kang, assistant research professor of electrical engineering at Penn State.

3 Feb 2022

Dental Caries can be Effectively Treated with Photodynamic Therapy Using Chlorin e-6

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using chlorin e-6, a photosensitizer marketed in several countries, is an effective auxiliary treatment for dental caries.

3 Feb 2022

New Method to Amplify Optical Signals Without Increasing Unwanted Noise Content

Weak optical signals are common in many science and technology applications. However, they are difficult to detect or process due to the incoherent noise that is inherently present in any system.

3 Feb 2022