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The Discovery of the Shortest Signal Ever Created by Humans

One of the shortest signals ever created by humans was created by physicists at the University of Konstanz.

20 Jun 2023

New £4 m Camera Contract Helps Manage Flood and Coastal Risk

Following a competitive tendering process, Meteor Communications has been awarded a four-year contract by the Environment Agency to significantly expand their estate of low-power remote image collection cameras.

20 Jun 2023

Kuva Space Awarded €5M Commercial Contract to be Sole Provider of Hyperspectral Data Services for the Copernicus Program

Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has today been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth €5M to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European Commission’s Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) program.

20 Jun 2023

Ultrasensitive Image-Guided Tumor Resection Through Near-infrared Persistent Luminescence Nanoprobe

Medical imaging technology such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and X-Ray could not offer real-time images at the time of tumor resection surgery, and surgeons usually depend on touch, visual, and experience to categorize tumor margin, resulting in a high probability of tumor residues

19 Jun 2023

New Method of Analyzing and Imaging Biological Samples

On a microscopic level, there are several ways to image biological samples, and every way has its own advantages and disadvantages.

19 Jun 2023

Aussie Startup HB11 Energy’s Research Celebrated in Global Laser Fusion Journal, After Establishing World-Leading Consortium

The work of Australian laser fusion energy company HB11 Energy has been celebrated in a Special Issues edition of the Laser and Particle Beams journal, showcasing research from a newly-formed HB11 Energy-led consortium of the world’s most advanced laser fusion researchers.

From HB11 Energy 19 Jun 2023

Graphene-Based Materials Open the Path to New Applications in Future Telecommunications

A study performed by a research group from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) illustrates that graphene-based materials could be utilized to efficiently transform high-frequency signals into visible light.

16 Jun 2023

Luxinar celebrates dual milestones at Laser Korea 2023

Luxinar, a leader in the field of laser manufacturing, is proud to celebrate its 25th anniversary at Laser Korea in Seoul, from 5-7 July.

From Luxinar Ltd 15 Jun 2023

Production of Meta-Holograms Applicable to the Visible and Ultraviolet Spectral Regions

The word meta implies an idea of surpassing or transcendence, and when applied to materials, metamaterials include artificially engineered substances that come with properties not found in the environment naturally.

14 Jun 2023

FLEXPOINT® MVstereo – The Laser for 3D Stereo Machine Vision

LASER COMPONENTS offer the FLEXPOINT® MVstereo for us in applications such as machine vision, gesture recognition, depth sensing and volume measurement.

14 Jun 2023

Novel Composite Proven Efficient in Cancer Treatment

At the little-explored intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, a new material made could not only allow highly powerful solar panels but could also guide the next generation of cancer treatments.

13 Jun 2023

Septentrio Collaborates with Xona Space Systems

Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS solutions, has been collaborating with Xona Space Systems to develop an experimental receiver which is compatible with Xona multi-frequency PULSAR™ signals.

13 Jun 2023

Teledyne e2v’s New 8K Image Sensor Delivers wide FOV for High-throughput Logistics Vision Systems

Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces Snappy Wide, a new 8K wide aspect ratio CMOS image sensor designed specifically for logistics applications where larger conveyor belts are becoming increasingly common.

From Teledyne e2v (UK) Ltd 13 Jun 2023

Noise-free Communication Shown via New Optical Communication Protocol

Although the patterns of light show great promise for a vast encoding alphabet in optical communications, development is hampered by these patterns’ sensitivity to distortion, such as that caused by air turbulence or bent optical fiber.

12 Jun 2023

Researchers Find Significant Breakthrough in the Study of Topological Phases

A major development in the understanding of topological phases has been accomplished by an international team of researchers led by researchers at Nankai University in China, the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and Roberto Morandotti’s team at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Canada.

9 Jun 2023