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Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Assist Accurate 3D Flight Tracking

Optical Surfaces Ltd has been selected by the Optical Engineering Group at the University of Warwick (UK) School of Engineering to supply key focusing optics to enable accurate 3D tracking and analysis of mosquito flight behaviour.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 3 Mar 2021

Intriguing Particles Emerge When Two Photons Couple

Scientists at the University of Bath in the UK have found a way to bind together two photons of different colours, paving the way for important advancements in quantum-electrodynamics – the field of science that describes how light and matter interact. In time, the team’s findings are likely to impact developments in optical and quantum communication, and precision measurements of frequency, time and distances.

3 Mar 2021

Basler Announces Flexible Processing Board for Vision Applications

At the start of embedded world 2021 DIGITAL, Basler is presenting an Embedded Vision Processing Kit that includes various interfaces for image processing and thus allows the connection of different camera types. The in-h...

From Basler AG 2 Mar 2021

Old Light-Emitting Technology Paves Way for New Type of Smart Tattoo

Researchers from University College London (UCL) and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology—IIT) have made a temporary tattoo using light-emitting technology found in smartphone and TV screens. The study sets the stage for a new kind of “smart tattoo” with several possible applications.

1 Mar 2021

Neuro-Telemetric Device with LED Lights Enables Real-Time Analysis of Brain Activities

Living in a group has clear benefits. As a member of a societal group, one can share resources with the others, seek protection from predators, and forage in an efficient manner.

1 Mar 2021

Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by stacking two layers together and rotating one slightly in relation to the other.

1 Mar 2021

New Models for xiJ Family of sCMOS Cameras

Continuous progress in scientific fields places ever higher demands on the tools used in various research application areas. To meet these increased requirements XIMEA has integrated the newest technologies improving the parameters important for the scientific community.

From XIMEA GmbH 26 Feb 2021

New Optical Antennas Could Exponentially Increase Data Transmission

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a new way to harness properties of light waves that can radically increase the amount of data they carry. They demonstrated the emission of discrete twisting laser beams from antennas made up of concentric rings roughly equal to the diameter of a human hair, small enough to be placed on computer chips.

26 Feb 2021

New Laser Number Generator System Could Enable More Secure Data Encryption

A new system created by an international group of researchers exhibits the ability to generate random numbers more than 100 times quicker than existing technologies, thus opening the door to quicker, cost-effective, more secure data encryption in the present-day’s digitally connected world.

26 Feb 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 26 Feb 2021

Teledyne Imaging to Present its Latest Vision Solutions for Scientific and Industrial Imaging at Photonics West Digital Forum

Teledyne Imaging, a Teledyne Technologies company [NYSE: TDY], represented by Teledyne’s Princeton Instruments, Photometrics, e2v, DALSA, Acton Optics and Lumenera will showcase their newest technologies at the SPIE’s Photonics West Digital Forum taking place March 6-11, 2021.

25 Feb 2021

Researchers Synthesize Organic Light-Harvesting Supramolecule Based on DNA

Organic molecules that capture photons and convert these into electricity have important applications for producing green energy. Light-harvesting complexes need two semiconductors, an electron donor and an acceptor. How well they work is measured by their quantum efficiency, the rate by which photons are converted into electron-hole pairs.

25 Feb 2021

UV Light can Mitigate the Spread of Swine Virus

Let there be (ultraviolet) light. That is the indication provided by a study performed at Iowa State University (ISU) relating to the use of ultraviolet light(UV) to stop the spread of the virus that is responsible for causing the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

25 Feb 2021

Researchers Discover Fast-Switching Photochromism in an Inorganic Material

Isn't it convenient when office building windows adaptively darken according to the intensity of sunlight- Or when standard glasses turn into sunglasses under the sun and switch back as you enter a building- Such feats are possible thanks to photochromic materials, whose optical (and other) properties change radically when irradiated by visible or ultraviolet light.

24 Feb 2021

Hemoglobin Estimation Using Microfluidic Chip and AI-Powered Automated Microscope

One of the most performed medical diagnostic tests to ascertain the health of patients is a complete blood count, which typically includes an estimate of the hemoglobin concentration. The hemoglobin level in the blood is an important biochemical parameter that can indicate a host of medical conditions including anemia, polycythemia, and pulmonary fibrosis.

24 Feb 2021