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Raman Spectroscopy: New Strategy of Evaluating Metastatic Risk in Breast Cancer

A new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, gives us one new tool for the rapid diagnosis and analysis of tumors by making use of Raman spectroscopy.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 4 Jun 2021

Laser-Driven Technology Enables Creation of Nanoparticles

In the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces presents for the first time a laser-driven technology that enables them to create nanoparticles such as copper, cobalt and nickel oxides.

3 Jun 2021

Photonis Launches State-of-the-Art Device for Critical Missions: TacFusion

After Photonis and Device ALab joined forces, Photonis is proud to release the TacFusion, the newest handheld binocular combining low light camera core and thermal imaging sensor.

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 3 Jun 2021

RIT and SPIE Partner on 2021 Photonics for Quantum Event

On 12-16 July, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will present the 2021 Photonics for Quantum Digital Forum.

3 Jun 2021

AMETEK Land Displays Solutions for the Iron and Steel Industry at AISTech 2021

AMETEK Land, the world leader in high accuracy, non-contact temperature measurement systems, is bringing its solutions for the steelmaking industry to the AISTech’s 2021 Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition this summer.

From AMETEK Surface Vision 3 Jun 2021

New Technology Improves Resolution of Ordinary Light Microscope

Electrical engineers from the University of California San Diego have now designed a novel technology that enhances the resolution of a normal light microscope so that it can be utilized to directly visualize the intricate details and structures in living cells.

1 Jun 2021

New Structured, Multi-Part Nanocrystals with Superfluorescent Properties

Researchers have developed new types of materials that combines two or three types of nanoparticles into structures that display fundamental new properties such as superfluorescence.

31 May 2021

New Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscope Heightens Spatial Resolution and Lowers Phototoxicity

A research group led by Takashi Saito, of the Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, developed a 2-photon excitation light-sheet fluorescence microscope which (1) lowers phototoxicity, (2) extends the field of view, and (3) heightens spatial resolution.

31 May 2021

Low-Loss Mirrors Show Promise for Detection of Cancer, Greenhouse Gases

Manufactured in a new process based on crystalline materials, these low-loss mirrors promise to open up completely new application areas, for example in optical respiratory gas analysis for early cancer detection or the detection of greenhouse gases. This work will be published in the current issue of the journal Optica.

28 May 2021

New Imaging Technique Helps Visualize Deep Cerebral Microvasculature in Mouse Brain

An innovative technique developed by scientists enables microscopic fluorescence imaging at depth limits that are four times greater than those imposed by light diffusion.

28 May 2021

An Overview of Light-Emitting Mxene Quantum Dots

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2021.200077, Researchers led by Professor Jeongyong Kim at the Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea review light-emitting MXene quantum dots.

27 May 2021

X-Ray Cameras Enable Scientific Investigations on Major Astrophysics Mission

Recently, the eROSITA x-ray telescope, an instrument developed by a team of scientists at Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, has gained attention among astronomers.

27 May 2021

Supercomputer Researchers Model New Method of Generating Gamma-Ray Combs

Skoltech researchers used the resources of the university’s Zhores supercomputer to study a new method of generating gamma-ray combs for nuclear and X-ray photonics and spectroscopy of new materials. The paper was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

27 May 2021

Metalenz Launches Orion™, the World’s Simplest, Most Compact Dot Pattern Projector

Metalenz Inc., the pioneer in metasurface design and commercialization, today unveiled the Orion™ product family, the world’s simplest, high performance dot projectors.

From Metalenz, Inc. 27 May 2021

Physicists Share New Findings on Atoms, Laser, and Quantum Optics

Physicists will share work on atoms, simple molecules, electrons, and light--and how they all interact--during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.

26 May 2021