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Max Planck Florida Becomes a ZEISS Labs@Location Partner JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 21, 2019 — The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) and the Germany-based microscopy company ZEISS announced a “labs@location” partnership agreement on Jan. 17. As a “labs@location” partner institution, MPFI will have access to state-of-the-art ZEISS technology before it is commercially available. MPFI is only the third institution in the U.S. to earn the labs@location designation.
Two Microscopy Techniques Combine for Nanoscale Brain-Wide Optical Imaging ASHBURN, Va., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 21, 2019 — Scientists from the Eric Betzig lab at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Campus and the Ed Boyden Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) collaborated to develop an imaging technique, ExLLSM, that combines expansion microscopy...
ARL Explores Benefits of Immersive Technology for Soldiers ADELPHI, Md., Jan. 18, 2019 — Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), in collaboration with the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Army’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), have investigated methods for assessing the usefulness of virtual and augmented...
Next-Gen Semi Materials Could Be a Boost for Photovoltaics, Lighting ATLANTA, Jan. 17, 2019 — Next-generation semiconducting materials have the potential to transform lighting technology and photovoltaics, suggest researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), in a study of the unusual physics behind hybrid...
Engineers Perform Computational Logic with Optical and Electrical Signals TOKYO, Jan. 16, 2019 — In work that could help advance low-power, high-performance computer chips, researchers at the University of Tokyo and RIKEN have employed UV light and electric fields to perform logic operations with a chemical device. The use of electric fields...
Directed Currents Generated at THz Frequencies Are Higher Than Current Clock Rates BERLIN, Jan. 16, 2019 — Researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI) generated directed electric currents at terahertz (THz) frequencies from light absorbed in semiconductor crystals. According to the researchers, this is a much higher frequency than the clock rates of...
Strain Engineering Produces Highly Stable, Narrow Bandwidth Light From Individual QDs LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Jan. 15, 2019 — New research at Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests that asymmetrically strained colloidal quantum dots (QDs) can provide stable, blink-free light emission comparable with the light produced by QDs made through more complex processes. The...
Three-Photon Microscope Reveals All Cortical Layers of Awake Mouse Brain CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 15, 2019 — A new three-photon microscope developed at the Picower Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) can deliver rapid, short, low-power pulses of light capable of reaching deep targets within the brain without causing functional...
New Additive Manufacturing Method Uses Light to Prevent Resin From Curing Against Vat ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 14, 2019 — A new approach to 3D printing uses two-color irradiation of resin formulations that contain a photoinitiator and a photoinhibitor to perform vat-printing up to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing processes, according to a team of...
Engineered Light Could Improve Health, Boost Food Production ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 14, 2019 — According to researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, lighting based on LEDs is not only more energy efficient can be used both as a signal for specific physiological responses in humans and plants, and as an efficient fuel for fresh food...
Second Harmonic Generation Imaging Reveals Existence of Second Bandgap in a 2D Structure DAEGU, South Korea, Jan. 12, 2019 — Using time-resolved second harmonic generation (TSHG) microscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have demonstrated the existence of upper bandgap of atomic...
Gravitational Lensing Magnifies Light of Quasar from Extremely Distant Space and Time HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2019 — Observations from Gemini Observatory have identified a key fingerprint of an extremely distant quasar, allowing astronomers to sample light emitted from the beginning of time. Astronomers happened upon this deep glimpse into space and time thanks to...
Imaging Physical Properties of Tumors Could Be Used in Precision Medicine LYON, France, Jan. 10, 2019 — A team at the University of Lyon has developed a light-scattering method that maps out the mechanical properties of a tumor’s cellular structure as well as its internal fluids, revealing changes due to chemotherapy treatment. The technique could be...
Holographic Color Prints Combine Phase and Amplitude Control of Light for Better Optical Security SINGAPORE, Jan. 10, 2019 — A new optical anticounterfeiting device, called “holographic color prints” by its developers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), provides a dual function to increase security and deter counterfeiting. The device creates...
Top Optics Award Goes to RMIT Physicist MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 9, 2019 — The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) has announced Min Gu as the 2019 recipient of the Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics, an award named in honor of the Nobel-winning inventor of holography, Dennis Gabor. Professor Gu is...
RIT Team Is Developing Computer Vision Technology to Improve Aerial Tracking ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2019 — Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) are developing a visual tracking system to more accurately locate and follow moving objects under surveillance. Using deep learning, the system could generate more reliable readings of moving...
Light Is Dynamically Controlled in a Programmable Electro-Optic System CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 9, 2019 — An integrated photonics platform that can store light and electrically control its frequency in an integrated circuit is the newest development from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). According to the...
Stevens Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Portable Solar Panels HOBOKEN, N.J., Jan. 8, 2019 — Stephanie Lee, an assistant professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, was awarded a 2019 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation to fund her research in engineering green, portable, cost-efficient solar panels and other power sources....
Pure Graphene Generates Photocurrent Over Great Distances for Ultra-Efficient Energy Flow RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 8, 2019 — An international research team has discovered a new mechanism for ultra-efficient charge and energy flow in pristine graphene. The team was co-led by professor Nathaniel Gabor from the University of California, Riverside. The researchers fabricated...
Optogenetics Device Could Provide Safe, Stable Way to Treat Bladder Problems ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 7, 2019 — A tiny, implantable device has been created that can detect overactivity in the bladder and use light from biointegrated LEDs to tamp down the urge to urinate. The device has been demonstrated in laboratory rats and could one day be used to treat...
Nanosatellite System Could Lower Cost of High-Resolution Space Imagery BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Jan. 7, 2019 — A new nanosatellite imaging system developed by Ben-Gurion University (BGU) researchers is able to capture images that match the resolution of full-frame, lens-based, or concave mirror systems used on today’s telescopes at far less cost. The...
Researchers Use Light Waves to Study Topological Materials VIENNA, Jan. 5, 2019 — The laws of quantum physics tell us that electrons behave like waves; and in some materials, these electron waves can take on complicated shapes. So-called “topological materials” produce electron states that can be useful, but it is difficult to...
Tunable, Nonlinear Metamaterials Could Facilitate Optical Communication LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 4, 2019 — Scientists from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, King’s College London, Paris Diderot University, and the University of Hartford have found that several materials with poor nonlinear characteristics can be combined together to form a...
UD Students Build Millimeter Wave Imager to See Through Solid Objects NEWARK, Del., Jan. 4, 2019 — A camera-like device that generates and detects millimeter waves that “see” through solid objects has been built by a University of Delaware (UD) student engineering team. These high-frequency waves, which are more energetic than microwaves but less...
Optogenetics Device Provides Targeted Control Over Light Delivered to Neurons TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 3, 2019 — University of Arizona researchers have developed a wireless, battery-free method for controlling the intensity and frequency of light that is delivered to neurons in the brain. The miniature device for optogenetics can be fully implanted under the...
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