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HORIBA Europe Names Robert Plank President
OBERURSEL, Germany, Jan. 15, 2020 — Horiba has appointed Robert Plank as president of HORIBA Europe GmbH. He is also responsible for the process and environmental, scientific, and semiconductor segments. Plank previously led the group’s European automotive segment. He succeeds Hiroshi Nakamura, who will take on a leadership role in the Japanese parent company after serving as president of HORIBA Europe for the last five years.
Robotically Controlled Laser May Improve Minimally Invasive Surgery
BOSTON, Jan. 14, 2021 — Robotic engineers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a microrobot designed to steer a laser within the body to aid in minimally invasive surgery. Current energy-delivering devices used...
SPIE Announces 2021 Awards
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 13, 2021 — SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announced the recipients of its annual awards. In honor of transformative achievements in fields such as medicine, astronomy, lithography, and optical metrology, as well as community-focused...
ZEISS, MPFI to Collaborate on Brain Imaging
WHITE PLAINS, NY, Jan. 12, 2021 — A collaboration between ZEISS and Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) for Neuroscience aims to increase resolution and signal-to-noise in the process of imaging regions of the brain that are unreachable with traditional in vivo microscopy. Per the...
Optogenetics Approach Delivers Precision Necessary to Study Bacteria in the Gut
HOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2021, — Researchers in Texas have succeeded in effectively turning gut bacteria inside the intestines of worms “on” and “off” by applying different colors of light, via an optogenetic control mechanism. The work helped the research...
Optical Diagnostic Platform Detects Multiple Viruses
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 8, 2021 — University of Rochester researchers are developing an optical chip on a disposable card that is capable of detecting exposure to multiple viruses, within a minute and from a single drop of blood. The $1.7 million project is led by Benjamin Miller, a...
Aspen Laser Expands and Relocates Corporate HQ
LINDON, Utah, Jan. 6, 2021 — Medical device and photomedicine company Aspen Laser Systems announced the relocation and expansion of its corporate headquarters to a new office and warehouse located in Lindon, Utah. The company also relocated its Florida offices and warehouses to...
Microscopy Method Seven Times More Sensitive for Live Cell Viewing
TOYKO, Jan. 4, 2021 — Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a way to increase the extent and types of information they are able to ascertain about the insides of living cells by using existing microscopy techniques. Their method does not require...
SPIE and Photonics Media Announce Finalists for 2021 Prism Awards
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 31, 2020 — Industry giants and emerging challengers will be honored at the Prism Awards in a March 2021 virtual ceremony. The Prism Awards recognize industrial innovation in photonics in multiple categories. For the consideration of the 2021 Prism Awards, SPIE...
Chromacity-Heriot-Watt Partnership Will Advance Research, Commercialization Initiatives
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 28, 2020 — Ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity and Heriot-Watt University have formalized a five-year partnership, enhancing the collaborators’ existing relationship. The agreement positions Chromacity to commercialize Heriot-Watt-led academic...
VASCOVID Project Seeks to Improve Patient Care
BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 23, 2020 — A newly launched project, VASCOVID, has been selected as one of 23 initiatives from the EU’s recent call for coronavirus research projects. Led by professor Turgut Durduran and the medical optics group at ICFO, VASCOVID seeks to develop a...
Samsung Biologics Names John Rim President and CEO
INCHEON, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2020 — Samsung Biologics named John Rim as its president and CEO effectively immediately. Since 2018, he has served as executive vice president at Samsung Biologics. Previously Rim worked for Genentech/Roche in a variety of senior global leadership roles....
Light-Activated Robot Walks, Rolls, Transports Cargo
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 15, 2020 — Researchers from Northwestern University developed a light-powered, life-like material that acts as a soft robot. It is capable of walking at human speed, picking up and transporting cargo to new locations, climbing hills, and even “break...
Synthetization Process Yields Green Light-Emitting Idolizines
MOSCOW, Dec. 11, 2020 — Chemists from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have introduced a new approach for synthesizing indolizines, a group of organic substances with biological and optical properties. The method, which uses pyridinium...
Nanochip Outlines Path for Quantum Advantage
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 9, 2020 — Collaborating researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute and the University of Bochum (Germany) have developed a chip with scale-up potential that they say will serve as a core component of a quantum simulator. The...
Initiative Announces $32M in Funding for Biomedical Imaging
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020 — The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced nearly $32 million in funding for biomedical imaging research, technology development, and the BioImaging North America international network of bioimaging facilities and communities. Being distributed...
Light Powers Butterfly-Inspired Hydrogen Sensor
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 7, 2020 — Butterfly wings are the inspiration for a light-activated hydrogen sensor device capable of producing ultraprecise results at room temperature. Tests demonstrated the sensor’s ability to detect hydrogen leaks before they develop to a point at...
Reflection Matrix Microscopy Could Expedite Neuroscience Research
DAEJON, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2020 — A South Korean research team has developed an optical microscope capable of maintaining spatial resolution and acquiring a microscopic “map” of neural network activity in brain tissue as it images through the width of an intact mouse...
CRIMSON Project Aims to Develop Next-Gen Microscope
MILAN, Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers this week began work on the CRIMSON project, an effort to develop advanced laser-based coherent Raman scattering microscopy. The transdisciplinary, transnational project aims to develop and introduce a tool capable of creating...
Hollow-Core Fibers Outperform Silica Glass Counterparts
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 2, 2020 — Researchers from the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have introduced three unique hollow-core fiber designs that each exhibit losses comparable to or lower than those that solid glass fibers are able to achieve around...
Terahertz Radiation Technology Gets Under Skin for Diagnosis
COVENTRY, England, Dec. 1, 2020 — Collaborating scientists from the University of Warwick and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have demonstrated a method that uses terahertz radiation to improve the diagnosis of skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and skin cancer....
Simulation Shows Possibility of Curved Blade Laser Scalpel
TOMSK, Russia, Nov. 24, 2020 — Relying on a photonic hook, or a subwavelength self-bending structured light beam, an international team of researchers proposed the creation of a curved laser blade for a medical scalpel. Currently, there are laser scalpels in use that feature...
Optics, Machine Vision Algorithms at Heart of Epic-USC Collaboration
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23, 2020 — Epic Sciences Inc., a diagnostics and disease profiling company, announced it has entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with the University of Southern California (USC) Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, and the...
Multipass Spectroscopy Seeks Disease Biomarkers in Breath
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 18, 2020 — An optical sensing method developed by a research team at the University of Warsaw relies on highly sensitive spectroscopic measurements to detect the presence or absence of formaldehyde in a person’s breath. The breath test is based on...
Biologically Controlled Lasing Could Lead to Nanoscale Functionality
SINGAPORE, Nov. 16, 2020 — An international research team at Nanyang University has demonstrated the concept of a switchable microlaser controlled by the organic biomolecule DNA hybridization process. The study could lead to the development of programmable photonic devices at...
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