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Researchers Use Fluorescence Spectrum to Detect Oil Spill in Water

Researchers have developed a simple device that can detect an oil spill in water and then pinpoint the type of oil present on the surface.

7 Mar 2017

New Computational Theory Could Take Transmutation a Step Forward

Right from the Middle Ages, alchemists have sought to transmute elements. A well-known example of this is the long pursuit of turning lead into gold. In the modern era, transmutation has been achieved, however, on a minute scale with the aid of an enormous particle accelerator.

1 Mar 2017

Self-Assembling Photonic Crystals Miniaturize Optical Components and Enhance Laser Efficiency

Colloidal particles that are used in a wide array of technical applications, such as cosmetics, inks, paints, and foods, have the ability to self-assemble into an exceptional range of crystalline structures that are densely packed.

1 Mar 2017

Photonic Bandgap Material Could be the Key to Revolutionize the Field of Photonics

When John Crocker—now a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania—was a graduate student, his mentor called everyone to his lab to “throw down the gauntlet” on a new problem faced by the researchers in the photonics discipline.

22 Feb 2017

MIT Researchers Reveal New Way to Introduce Second-Order Nonlinearities into Silicon Photonics

The Semiconductor Industry Association has estimated that at current rates of increase, computers’ energy requirements will exceed the world’s total power output by 2040.

21 Feb 2017

New Liquid Crystal Could Enable More Realistic Virtual Reality Displays

A new blue-phase liquid crystal that could enable computer screens, televisions and several other displays that pack additional pixels into the same space while simultaneously decreasing the power required to run the device has been developed by an international team of researchers.

2 Feb 2017

ANU's New Miniature Device Paves Way for Sci-Fi Holograms

Physicists at ANU have invented a tiny device that produces the highest quality holographic images ever achieved. This opens the door for imaging technologies only seen in sci-fi movies such as Star Wars.

25 Jan 2017

New Beam Pattern Offers Unparalleled Sharpness to Ultrasound Images

University of Rochester researchers have devised a new beam pattern, which is likely to offer unparalleled sharpness to radar and ultrasound images, burn precise holes in man-made materials at a nanoscale - even etch novel properties onto their surfaces.

25 Jan 2017

New Theory Could Help Evaluate Data Transfer Rates in Emerging Optoelectronic Microprocessors

Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a theory that gives the possibility to precisely predict the level of noise caused by the amplification of photonic and plasmonic signals in nanoscale optoelectronic circuits.

20 Jan 2017

New Optical Device Provides Detailed, Real-Time Pictures of Solar Activity

A groundbreaking new optical device, developed at NJIT’s Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) to correct images of the Sun distorted by multiple layers of atmospheric turbulence, is providing scientists with the most precisely detailed, real-time pictures to date of solar activity occurring across vast stretches of the star’s surface.

11 Jan 2017