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Scientists Develop Nanotech Imaging Tool to Diagnose Diseases Using Smartphone

Scientists have designed an affordable microscopic imaging device that is small in size to fit on the lens of a smartphone camera, potentially making the detection of diseases on mobile more economical and accessible.

3 May 2022

Study Evaluates the Importance of Laser-Modified Fluorescence for Various Applications

The extensive lineage of laser-based operations has made a significant contribution to the production, modification, and patterning of numerous nanomaterial systems over the years.

24 Mar 2022

NIL Technology Announces Flat Optics Technology Platform For Metaverse Glasses and Headsets

NIL Technology (NILT), a leader in modern optical solutions, announces that they are releasing highly precise nanostructured flat optics that are ideal for 3D sensing and machine vision applications in metaverse products.

From NIL Technology ApS 24 Mar 2022

Scientists Develop New Way to Guide Light in One Direction on a Tiny Scale

Photonic integrated circuits are essential to many technologies, including fiber-optic communications, mapping systems, and biosensors.

18 Mar 2022

PSI Researchers Develop an Innovative Achromatic Lens for X-Rays

PSI scientists have developed a ground-breaking achromatic lens for X-rays. This allows the X-ray beams to be accurately focused on a single point even if they have different wavelengths.

15 Mar 2022

Study Demonstrates an Unprecedented Level of Control on Optical Response of Graphene

Graphene is the thinnest material ever produced, with the thickness of a single atomic layer, thinner than a billionth of a meter, it is able to efficiently absorb light from the visible to the infrared through the photoexcitation of its charge carriers.

7 Mar 2022

Slightly Twisted 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Display Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity

A team of researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute (NGI) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) display room-temperature ferroelectricity.

4 Mar 2022

Nanometric Light Modulators on a Micrometric Optical Fiber can Study Neuronal Tissues

When it comes to recording and stimulating brain activity, scientists can rely on a formidable tool: light. An international research team, coordinated by IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), has developed nanometric light modulators that, fabricated on a micrometric optical fiber, make the fiber capable of studying neuronal tissue in deep regions of the brain.

4 Mar 2022

Researchers Create a New Trapping Technique That Demonstrates Fully Reversible Remote Control of Color

A new trapping technique was created by Osaka Metropolitan University using “optical tweezers” altered with nanotextured black silicon and a polymer solution modified with perylene. The technique establishes a completely reversible remote control of color.

1 Mar 2022

Researchers Develop a Novel Methodology that Swiftly Detects COVID-19

The novel method enables the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal exudate (the very same samples used in a PCR test) from symptomatic individuals with a sensitivity of 100% and selectivity of 87.5%.

21 Feb 2022

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