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SUNY Polytechnic Institute Announces $300,000 in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy for Ultrafast Scintillation Detectors

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Professor of Nanoscience Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky has received $300,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to further develop state-of-the-art scintillating detectors, which, upon the detection of fast, charged particles, or X-ray photons, emit measurable light, resulting in the fastest high-yield scintillating materials reported so far.

2 Feb 2022

Collaborative Innovation Reaps Rewards for ficonTEC

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has recognized Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC, as the recipient of the EPIC CEO Award 2021. Vahrenkamp co-founded the company with CFO Matthias Trinker.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

EPIC CEO Award 2021 Goes to Torsten Vahrenkamp, Interviewed by José Pozo, EPIC CTO

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) announced the winner of the EPIC CEO Award 2021 as Torsten Vahrenkamp, CEO and co-founder of ficonTEC.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 1 Feb 2022

Robot Solution for Automating the Lettuce Harvest

British research team of agricultural engineering and machinery experts develops harvesting robot with IDS camera

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 20 Jan 2022

Wideband Infrared Beamsplitter for Military Testing

Optical Surfaces Ltd has supplied a high precision beamsplitter that lies at the heart of a Michelson type interferometer for testing of optical components used in military applications.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Dec 2021

Losing Isn’t Always Bad: Gaining Topology from Loss

Losing particles can lead to positive, robust effects. An international collaboration has demonstrated a novel topology arising from losses in hybrid light-matter particles, introducing a new avenue to induce the highly-prized effects inherent to conventional topological materials, which can potentially revolutionise electronics.

14 Dec 2021

Cirdan Launches “Photonics” Certificate, Facilitating Investment into the World’s First Photonics Index

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is excited to announce that Cirdan Capital Management, with collaboration from C8 Technologies, has launched a Certificate based on the Solactive EPIC Core Photonics Index.

14 Dec 2021

Versatile Mounting System for Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors

Optical Surfaces Ltd has launched a new low profile mounting system that provides a highly stable platform for smaller diameter parallel or wedge backed off-axis parabolic mirrors.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 6 Dec 2021

SMART Researchers Develop Method for Early Detection of Bacterial Infection in Crops

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and their local collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL), have developed a rapid Raman spectroscopy-based method for the detection and quantification of early bacterial infection in crops.

18 Nov 2021

New Project Plans to Bridge the Peri-Urban Digital Divide in South Africa

Imagine beaming light from a fibre-connected suburban home to a 3D-printed wireless communication system to a school in an informal settlement across the road, providing learners with instant high-speed, reliable internet access.

17 Nov 2021