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Smart Windows that Self-Illuminate During Monsoon Season

Smart windows that automatically change colors depending on the intensity of sunlight are gaining attention as they can reduce energy bills by blocking off sun's visible rays during summer.

1 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop Light-Sensitive Automatic Color Conversion Smart Window Technology

The original technology of smart window that can automatically adjust the amount of sunlight entering the room by changing the color of window depends on the intensity of sunlight has been developed by a domestic research team.

29 May 2020

A New Method to Conduct Spectroscopic Nanoscopy at the Single-Molecule Level

A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases at the single-molecule level.

29 May 2020

Biophysicists Reveal Mechanism of Light-Driven Sodium Pumping

An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state.

29 May 2020

High-Resolution Imaging Reveals Makeup of Virus Particles

At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), laser and biology specialists have teamed up to create a new platform and experiments to analyze the components and structure of viruses, such as the one causing the current COVID-19 infection.

29 May 2020

New Method Can Help Build Power-Efficient Circuits on Silicon Photonics Chips

Scientists have devised a new technique to create programmable integrated, power-efficient switching units on a silicon photonics chip.

29 May 2020

New Study Could Help Develop Optical Radiation Products to Disinfect Surfaces

Commercial buildings and hospitals will have to sanitize large indoor environments now and in the coming months to inhibit the transmission of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

28 May 2020

New Low-Noise Avalanche Photodiode Enables Hig-Power, Eye-Safe Operation

Electrical and computer engineers at the University of Virginia and University of Texas-Austin have developed an avalanche photodiode that achieved record performance and has the potential to transform next generation night-vision imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) receivers.

28 May 2020

A Novel LED Irradiation System to Kill Hospital Pathogens

A novel LED irradiation system developed by the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut aims to kill microorganisms with ultra-short wave UV light - without side effects.

27 May 2020

Next-Generation Laser Facilities Could Create a New Era for Studying Plasmas

The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered research lasers.

27 May 2020

Momentum Microscope Opens the Door to Observation of µm-Sized Targets

A new momentum microscopy experimental station for photoelectron spectroscopy resolved in 3D momentum space with a microscopic field of view has been built at BL6U of UVSOR, Institute for Molecular Science.

27 May 2020

Examining the Ability of Optical Radiation to Disinfect Surfaces

Now and in the months to come, hospitals and commercial buildings will be tasked with sanitizing large indoor environments to prevent the transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

27 May 2020

UVC Light-Emitting Diodes Show Promise in Fighting Hospital Germs

The Robert Koch Institute reports that every year, Germany experiences 400,000 to 600,000 infections that are caused by hospital germs and lead to the death of approximately 10,000 to 20,000 people.

26 May 2020

New Soliton Lasers Could be Useful for Biomedical Applications

A new kind of laser developed by researchers can deliver high amounts of energy in very short bursts of time.

26 May 2020

World's Fastest Internet Data Speed Recorded from a Single Optical Chip

Researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities have successfully tested and recorded Australia's fastest internet data speed, and that of the world, from a single optical chip - capable of downloading 1000 high definition movies in a split second.

22 May 2020