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New Project to Explore the Impact of Urban Lighting on Health and Wellbeing

While EU cities have worked on improving urban lighting services, this has mostly focussed on efficiency, reducing costs and lowering emissions. Yet, it has failed to consider the effect urban lighting may have on citizens' health and wellbeing.

5 Mar 2021

Breakthrough in 'Optical Tweezers' has Huge Potential for Biomedical Applications

Much like the Jedis in Star Wars use 'the force' to control objects from a distance, scientists can use light or 'optical force' to move very small particles.

5 Mar 2021

Lynred Invests €2.8M to Develop Next-Generation Infrared Detectors Under Program Backed by French Government

Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared detectors for the aerospace, military and consumer markets, today announces that it will invest €2.8 million ($3.37 M) in developing next- generation infrared (IR) detectors. Lynred will receive €900,000 ($1.08 M) in R&D funding from the French government as part of a program to revamp the microelectronics ecosystem in France.

From LYNRED 5 Mar 2021

VLC Photonics Receives New Wafer-Level Test System from ficonTEC

In order to support the growth of the Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) market and be able to timely serve the scaling of its customers when moving to engineer and pilot production stages, VLC Photonics S.L. is now one of a growing list of established PIC eco-system innovators to receive one of ficonTEC‘s new Wafer-level Test (WLT) systems.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 5 Mar 2021

Atik Cameras Supports the COVID-19 Fight with Wide Range of Advanced Imaging Solutions for Use with PCR Instruments

Atik Cameras, a specialist designer and manufacturer of advanced scientific imaging solutions, has further expanded its collaboration with leading global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) DNA amplifiers, securing multiple new contracts to supply high-performing cameras for reliable COVID-19 testing.

From Atik Cameras 5 Mar 2021

New Method Enables Control of Single Photons Without Generating Heat

In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat. The solution makes it possible to integrate optical switches and single-photon detectors in a single chip.

4 Mar 2021

Using X-ray Free Electron Laser and AI to Observe 3D Structure of Virus

It is millions of trillions of times brighter than the sunlight and a whopping 1,000 trillionth of a second, appropriately called the instantaneous light. It is the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) light that opens a new scientific paradigm. Combining it with AI, an international research team has succeeded in filming and restoring the 3D structure of nanoparticles that share structural similarities with viruses.

4 Mar 2021

New Gold Nanocomposite Contact Lenses for Correcting Color Blindness

Imagine seeing the world in muted shades -- gray sky, gray grass. Some people with color blindness see everything this way, though most can't see specific colors. Tinted glasses can help, but they can't be used to correct blurry vision. And dyed contact lenses currently in development for the condition are potentially harmful and unstable. Now, in ACS Nano, researchers report infusing contact lenses with gold nanoparticles to create a safer way to see colors.

4 Mar 2021

Giant Optical Anisotropy Measured in Layered Molybdenum Disulfide Crystals

For the first time, scientists from the Center for Photonics and Two-Dimensional Materials at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have successfully measured enormous optical anisotropy in layered molybdenum disulfide crystals.

4 Mar 2021

Teledyne Imaging Brings Its Advanced Technologies to Vision China 2021

Teledyne Imaging will exhibit at the upcoming Vision China (Shanghai), in Hall W1, W1-1800, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from March 17-19. Visitors to the combined Teledyne Imaging booth can expect to s...

4 Mar 2021

Virtual Reality Helps People Stay Fit and Well During Lockdown

People who use virtual reality headsets as a way of passing the time during lockdown are exercising more vigorously and feeling better about life.

4 Mar 2021

Radiation Resistant Lens for Low Light Applications

Manufactured from specially selected non browning glass – the Model 313-000 fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable as much light as possible to be gathered and transmitted to the sensor.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 4 Mar 2021

New Technology Helps Improve Performances of Fiber Optoelectronic Components

Advances in wearable devices have enabled e-textiles, which fuse lightweight and comfortable textiles with smart electronics, and are garnering attention as the next-generation wearable technology. In particular, fiber electronic devices endowed with electrical properties, while retaining the specific characteristics of textiles, are key elements in manufacturing e-textiles.

3 Mar 2021

Using Vortex Light for Structural Chirality Detection

Recently, the Laboratory of Micro and Nano Engineering, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made important progress in the field of structural chirality detection research using vortex light and found that photon orbital angular momentum can efficiently detect the optical chiral signal of structures.

3 Mar 2021

Teledyne e2v and Yumain Announce Collaboration to Create AI-Based Imaging Solutions for Machine Vision

Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces a new technology and industrial collaboration with Yumain (Dijon, France), a leading AI vision solution provider serving a broad range of industrial applications.

From Teledyne e2v (UK) Ltd 3 Mar 2021