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UTA and ARL to Develop Longwave-IR Photonic Device Technology ARLINGTON, Texas, June 25, 2019 — A research team from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is working with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop nanophotonic devices that could have applications in thermal imaging and resonant filtering. The researchers’ objective is to develop devices that will work in the longwave-infrared (LWIR) spectral region, which is the range in which thermal radiation is emitted.
Space Is Filling Up for the AIM Photonics Summer Academy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 25, 2019 — Join fellow students and colleagues from the photonics industries for a week of intensive short courses on integrated photonics, taking place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., this summer from July 22-26. Two...
‘Self-Healing’ Coating Minimizes Lead Leakage from Perovskite Cells ONNA, Japan, June 25, 2019 — Adding a protective layer of epoxy resin to the top of a perovskite solar cell (PSC) can significantly reduce the amount of lead that the cell discharges into the environment, researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)...
Researchers Synthesize Quasi-2D Gold Film MOSCOW, June 24, 2019— Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Center for Photonics and 2D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2D gold film, showing how materials not usually classified as two-dimensional can form atomically thin layers. The...
Tiny Light Box Made of TMDC Material Merges States of Light, Matter GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 24, 2019 — A nanosize light box, built from stacked atomically thin material, has demonstrated the ability to capture and amplify light and link light to matter at the nanolevel. The light box, created by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, makes...
Wearable NIRS Device Reveals How Seals Prepare to Dive ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 24, 2019 — Scientists at the University of St. Andrews have created a wearable, noninvasive device based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) that can be used to investigate blood volume and oxygenation patterns in freely diving marine mammals, such asseals....
Machine Learning-Based System Automates Street Sign Detection and Classification MELBOURNE, Australia, June 21, 2019 — Geospatial scientists at RMIT University have used deep learning to produce an autonomous system for detecting traffic signs on Google Street View images. The system could allow local governments and traffic managers to monitor street signs and...
Nonlinear Optical Process Could Improve Solar-Powered Desalination HOUSTON, June 20, 2019 — Researchers at Rice University have improved the efficiency of their solar-powered desalination system by more than 50% by concentrating sunlight into “hot spots.” Using the same amount of light, the researchers were able to increase the...
New Pulsed Laser Poised to Cut Auto Production Time TAMPERE, Finland, June 20, 2019 — European scientists are developing a new pulsed laser that has the ability to cut and shape ultrahigh-strength boron steel much faster and with less waste than existing technology. The project, called PULSE, has received a €5 million ($5.7...
Squeezed Light Reduces Noise, Could Speed Quantum Sensing OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 20, 2019 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) physicists studying quantum sensing, which could affect a range of potential applications from airport security scanning to gravitational wave measurements, said that certain quantum sensors can use a...
Drone Using IoT Tech Could Lead to Earlier Detection of Forest Fires MADRID, June 19, 2019 — An automatic flight system with real-time connectivity could help prevent large-scale forest fires by locating and detecting fires where and when they start and communicating this information to emergency services in real time. The system, composed...
Quantum Dot Microscope Can Measure Electric Surface Potentials of Single Atoms JÜLICH, Germany, June 18, 2019 — A new scanning quantum dot microscopy method can measure the electric potential of a sample at atomic accuracy. It was developed by a team from Forschungszentrum Jülich, working with researchers from two other institutions. The new technique...
New Imaging Technique Targets Cholesterol in Arterial Plaque BELLINGHAM, Wash., and CARDIFF, Wales — Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) have developed a cholesterol-detection imaging technique using laser photoacoustics and continuous wave lasers to allow for more timely treatment of atherosclerosis.
Light Energy and Biomass Can Be Converted to Fuel and Hydrogen DALIAN, China, June 17, 2019 — A team at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by professor Feng Wang, has developed a process for using light energy to drive the use of downstream biomass products to produce hydrogen and diesel fuel...
A Light-Driven Process to Oxidize Plastic Surfaces for Industry Safely OSAKA, Japan, June 17, 2019 — Researchers at Osaka University have developed a light-driven process for oxidizing polypropylene (PP), a widely used plastic, without creating waste. The process uses a reactive chlorine dioxide radical to make the plastic reactive. PP is normally...
SUNY Poly Research Team Awarded Nearly $1M, Study Could Lead to AI Systems 30,000× Faster Than Human Brain ALBANY, N.Y., June 17, 2019 — Two State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) researchers have been awarded $900,000 in funding from the Rome-based Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct a study on brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing systems...
Diamond Metalens Could Improve Quantum Device Performance and Scalability PHILADELPHIA, June 14, 2019 — At the chemical level, diamonds are no more than carbon atoms aligned in a 3D crystal lattice. Even a diamond that looks flawless contains defects that can absorb or emit light. Small defects in diamonds called nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers hold...
UV Light Used to Characterize Devices, Improve Performance NAGOYA, Japan, June 13, 2019 — Researchers from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) used UV light to test the performance of miniaturized semiconductors for next-generation electronics. Specifically, the team determined the interface properties of a graphene-gallium...
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Lead to Smarter, More Precise Crop Management NORWICH, England, June 12, 2019 — Researchers at the Earlham Institute (EI), working with G’s Growers in Ely, England, have developed a machine learning platform that works with computer vision and ultra-large-scale images taken from the air to help categorize lettuce crops in...
Light-Powered Nano-Microbial ‘Factories’ Could Help Reduce Carbon BOULDER, Colo., June 12, 2019 — Using light-activated quantum dots to activate specific enzymes within microbial cells, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) created nanobio-hybrid organisms that can consume harmful gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and...
2D Material Combines Long Lifetime with Freedom of Movement TROY, N.Y., June 11, 2019 — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have developed a method to isolate thin layers of tungsten diselenide (WSe2) — a 2D material — from crystals, to allow layers of WSe2 to be stacked on top of other atomically thin...
Growing 2D Crystals Over 3D Surfaces Could Be a Way to Engineer Quantum Emission OAK RIDGE, Tenn., and HOUSTON, June 10, 2019 — A team led by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) explored how 2D crystals grow over 3D objects and how the curvature of 3D objects can stretch and strain the 2D crystals. The team’s findings could lead to a strategy for engineering...
Selective Formation of Excitons Could Lower OLED Energy Requirements TOKYO, June 10, 2019 — Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with international partners, have demonstrated a new way to manipulate the excitons that are essential to the transport of electrons within OLEDs. They showed that...
Facial Recognition Used to Monitor ICU Patient Safety YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 5, 2019 — A scientific team at Yokohama City University Hospital has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict, with moderate accuracy (75%) when patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk of unsafe...
New Class of Visible-Light Photoswitches Could Provide Greater Molecular Photocontrol GRONINGEN, Netherlands, June 5, 2019 — A consortium of scientists from five European institutions has developed a new class of molecular photoswitches that are operated with visible light only. The new switches show large separation of absorption bands and function in various solvents...
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