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SiriusXT’s SXT-100 Revolutionizes Soft X-Ray Microscopy for Disease Research

SiriusXT Ltd, an Irish technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME), unveiled the inaugural commercial implementation of their groundbreaking SXT-100, a table-top Soft X-Ray Microscope.

25 Oct 2023

$The Basis for “Darkened” X-Ray Diffraction Images at Extremely High X-Ray Intensities$

The Basis for “Darkened” X-Ray Diffraction Images at Extremely High X-Ray Intensities

It is generally assumed that when something is illuminated, the brightness of the image produced will increase with the brightness of the source.

20 Oct 2023

Monitoring Denning Polar Bears with SAR and Machine Learning

Polar bear conservation during their denning phase faces challenges due to the limitations of traditional Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) technology, which achieves a 45% detection accuracy. A recent pilot study in Churchill, Manitoba, introduced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) as a potential solution.

By Skyla Baily 19 Oct 2023

Simplifying the Generation of Three-Dimensional Holographic Displays

Holograms have long held the promise of offering immersive three-dimensional (3D) experiences, but the challenges involved in generating them have limited their widespread use.

19 Oct 2023

Testing Seafloor Fiber Optics for Earthquake Early Warning

The absence of seismic stations offshore of densely populated coastlines—where some of the world’s most seismically active places are located—poses a significant barrier to earthquake early warning systems (EEW).

18 Oct 2023

DEEP-Squared Understanding of Machine Languages

What occurs when a 2021 algorithm-driven microscopy technology that can operate on a small subset of images needed by earlier methods is not quick enough?

17 Oct 2023

New Tutorial Explores Artificial Neural Networks in Photonics

The integration of artificial neural networks (NNs) with photonics has sparked profound implications across scientific domains and industries. A new tutorial review published in the journal Advances in Optics and Photonics provides a comprehensive exploration of this convergence.

By Skyla Baily 16 Oct 2023

Short-Range Radars Have Huge Potential in the Automotive Radar Market, Finds IDTechEx Research

Radars are already cemented into the automotive market as they provide popular ADAS features such as adaptive cruise control (ACC) and blind spot detection (BSD).

16 Oct 2023

Using Laser Light to Measure Gas Pressure

A newly invented device uses laser light to monitor gas pressure.

16 Oct 2023

High-Resolution Dual-Energy Cone-Beam CT Imaging with Dual-Layer Flat-Panel Detector

A team of researchers, headed by Professor Yongshuai Ge from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced a super-resolution dual-energy CBCT (DE-CBCT) imaging approach named “suRi.” This innovative method relies on a dual-layer FPD.

16 Oct 2023