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Santa Rosa Company Plays Small Role in Making Parts for Coronavirus Testing Devices

In the midst of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a Santa Rosa company is playing a small role to tackle the pandemic that has upended life in Sonoma County and across the country.

From Alluxa 25 Mar 2020

Miniature Double-Particle Accelerator Boosts Accelerated Electrons

A tiny double particle accelerator developed by researchers from Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) can recycle some part of the laser energy introduced into the system to increase the energy of the accelerated electrons a second time.

23 Mar 2020

Deformable Mirrors Raise Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors

The sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors, like the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), could now be increased by a new type of deformable mirror recently developed by scientists.

19 Mar 2020

Dancing Electrons Solve a Longstanding Puzzle in the Oldest Magnetic Material

Magnetite is the oldest magnetic material known to humans, yet researchers are still mystified by certain aspects of its properties.

18 Mar 2020

Could Lasers Be the Answer to Discovering Water on Earth’s Moon?

Image Credit: taffpixture / Shutterstock.com It has been announced that NASA will be funding teams at the University of Arizona in their development of technologies that could be used to harvest water and grow crops...

12 Mar 2020

More Power and More Diodes with PicoQuant’s Updated Laser Driver Taiko PDL M1

PicoQuant expands the capabilities of the high-end picosecond diode laser driver Taiko PDL M1. The new Max Power Mode of operation allows running existing and new laser heads with increased power.

From Picoquant GmbH 26 Feb 2020

New Mass Spectrometry Tool can Help Analyze Fingerprint Degradation

Fingerprints are revealing an increasing amount of details about the people who left them behind.

19 Feb 2020

Improving Surveillance of Coastal Erosion

Resolve Optics reports on how ultra large format lenses it has developed are helping a next generation aerial surveillance camera gain data on coastal erosion faster and in more detail.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 19 Feb 2020

New Terahertz Camera Visualizes Interior of Objects with High Resolution

At the University of Sussex, a group of physicists has been successful in creating the first nonlinear camera that uses terahertz (THz) radiation to capture high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects.

19 Feb 2020

QuickSwitch® Pulsed Laser Diodes

These unique 905 nm pulsed laser diodes generate the shortest pulse duration worldwide for devices of this type. Developed and manufactured by Laser Components Canada, the QuickSwitch® PLDs are made for fast and reliable laser-based distance measurement applications (LiDAR) and scanners for security and aerospace use.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 Feb 2020