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Deep Learning and Hardware Innovations Improve Performance of Confocal Microscope

Since artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky patented the principle of confocal microscopy in 1957, it has become the workhorse standard in life science laboratories worldwide, due to its superior contrast over traditional wide-field microscopy.

25 Nov 2021

New Method for Arranging Quantum Dots Facilitates Development of High-Resolution Displays

If spilled coffee is not immediately wiped off, it leaves behind a stain where the edges are darker than the rest. This phenomenon is called the coffee ring effect.

25 Nov 2021

Declining Vision can be Improved by Looking at Deep Red Light

Just three minutes of exposure to deep red light once a week, when delivered in the morning, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a pioneering new study by UCL researchers.

25 Nov 2021

Detection Technology Unveils X-ACE to Set a New Industry Standard in Value and Mainstream Medical CT Imaging

Detection Technology, a global leader in X-ray detector solutions, today unveiled the industry’s first off-the-shelf detector series optimized for value and mainstream medical CT (computed tomography) imaging needs.

From Detection Technology, Inc. 25 Nov 2021

Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Bacterial Spores can be Killed by Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers

Life-threatening bacteria are becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics, making the search for alternatives to antibiotics an increasingly urgent challenge. For certain applications, one alternative may be a special type of laser.

24 Nov 2021

Semiflexible Optoelectrodes can Study Deep Brain Tissues with High Resolution and Low Damage

The use of electrodes placed inside the brains of laboratory specimens has pushed the field of neuroscience to new findings for decades. Common silicon-based electrodes rely on established production methods but are stiff and prone to injuring the brain.

24 Nov 2021

New Microscope Uses Photonics to Gain Insights into ‘Superbugs’

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease.

24 Nov 2021

Creaform Introduces Three New Solutions To The R-Series Suite Of Automated Dimensional Quality Control Solutions

Lévis, Canada, October 19, 2021—Creaform, the worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, announced today the latest additions to its R-Series lineup, includi...

From Creaform Inc. 23 Nov 2021

Rice Engineers Achieve New Benchmark in the Design of Ultrathin Solar Cells

Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.

23 Nov 2021

Researchers Develop Compact, Power-Efficient Device that Modulates Visible Light Without Dimming It

Over the past several decades, researchers have moved from using electric currents to manipulating light waves in the near-infrared range for telecommunications applications such as high-speed 5G networks, biosensors on a chip, and driverless cars.

23 Nov 2021

Efficiency of Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Increased to Almost 30%

Today's solar modules are mainly made of silicon, and possibilities for further increases in efficiency have already been largely exploited.

23 Nov 2021

Study Reveals Mystery of Perovskite Materials in Stunning Clarity

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a suite of correlative, multimodal microscopy methods to visualise, for the first time, why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure. Their findings were published today in Nature Nanotechnology.

23 Nov 2021

New Nanospectroscopy Technique Helps Obtain Spectrum from Single Molecule

A new nanospectroscopy technique developed by physicists at RIKEN has enabled them to obtain a spectrum from a single molecule. Such a potential to probe individual molecules will prove indispensable for customizing the properties of organic materials used in such devices as solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

22 Nov 2021

See Luxinar at Laser & Photonics Taiwan 2021

Luxinar is delighted to be supporting its agent ASTC as it exhibits the manufacturer’s OEM 45iX at Laser & Photonics Taiwan in Taipei.

From Luxinar Ltd 22 Nov 2021

New Imaging Technology Could Improve the Resolution of Neutron Measurements

An international research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new imaging technology.

19 Nov 2021