MILAN, Aug. 3, 2018 — EU Scientists are harnessing next-generation lasers to create light-speed broadband connections and to remove the data bottlenecks that could cause the internet to grind to a halt as demand increases. The EU-funded researchers from nine countries (Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Israel, France, Japan, and South Korea) and 14 different organizations, call themselves PASSION — Photonic technologies for progrAmmable transmission and switching modular systems based on

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 3, 2018 — A fluorescent probe, called AlDeSense, has demonstrated the ability to find and track cancer stem cells (CSCs) in cultures of multiple human cancer cell lines as well as in live mice. The new probe is a small molecule that binds to an enzyme...

DITZINGEN, Germany, Aug. 3, 2018 — For his groundbreaking work with lasers in the development and implementation of optogenetics, Karl Deisseroth will receive the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis on September 21, 2018 in Ditzingen, Germany. Deisseroth is a psychiatrist and an...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2018 — Using a 3D printer, a research team at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has created an artificial neural network that can analyze large volumes of data and identify objects at the speed of light. Called a diffractive deep neural network...

MOSCOW, Aug. 2, 2018 — A new type of silicon metamaterial that has unique characteristics and is easy to manufacture promises a new direction in the development of metamaterials and their practical application to nano-optics and solar cells. Researchers from the National...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 2, 2018 — Farmers and plant breeders can now build their own automated field camera track system to collect data on dynamic plant traits, as changes occur. The do-it-yourself system can capture videos of plant movement under windy conditions and can capture...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 31, 2018 — A silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely across a miniature grid could lead to a novel design for neural networks. A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes to use light, rather than...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 31, 2018 — A study has revealed that the Great Pyramid of Giza can collect and concentrate electromagnetic energy. The results are a first step toward the further investigation of the Great Pyramid’s electromagnetic properties, said researchers. To...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 31, 2018 — Forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS), because of its resonating transverse acoustic waves, has the potential to facilitate detections in an optical fiber’s surroundings. Researchers have now demonstrated a technique to measure the...

BRISTOL, England, July 30, 2018 — A chip-based device measuring just 1 sq mm has demonstrated the potential to generate quantum-based random numbers at gigabit (Gb)-per-second speeds, using minimal power. The tiny device, which is enabled by silicon photonics, could be used as a...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2018 — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) is an industry-driven public-private partnership that focuses the nation’s premiere capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership in...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 25, 2018 — For his innovative work on advanced microelectronics, professor Bruce Smith at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was honored as the 2018 Inventor of the Year by the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. To date, Smith has more...

Jul 24, 2018 — Holograms are pretty much everywhere. You can find them in currency, at the doctor’s office, in entertainment, and in smartphone-based augmented reality. Many people may recall rap artist Tupac Shakur’s posthumous holographic “appearance” at the...

LA JOLLA, Calif., July 24, 2018 — Engineers doped alumina (Al2O3) crystals with neodymium (Nd) ions to develop a new laser material capable of emitting ultrashort, high-power pulses. Their approach to materials processing resulted in a Nd-Al2O3 laser gain medium that has 24×...

BETHESDA, Md., July 23, 2018 — Researchers announce the open availability of the largest CT lesion-image database accessible to the public. DeepLesion, created by a team from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, could help foster the development of...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 23, 2018 — Using levitated optomechanics, a man-made rotor has been created that can spin at 60 billion revolutions per minute. Such ultrafast rotation could be used to study material properties and probe vacuum friction. Researchers from Purdue University...

BOCHUM, Germany, July 20, 2018 — Using an IR sensor, researchers have analyzed which active agents affect protein structure and how long the effect lasts. The method they used could one day be applied to the quick and targeted development of drugs with fewer side effects. Developed...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 20, 2018 — Next week, more than 60 women and men from around the world will gather in Cambridge, Mass., for a week of intensive short courses on integrated photonics. The AIM Summer Academy, which runs from July 23-27 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

STANFORD, Calif., July 19, 2018 — Researchers have shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on an optical chip. The research demonstrates that an optical circuit can perform a critical function of an electronics-based artificial neural network, and that...

LINKÖPING, Sweden, July 19, 2018 — Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes in Europe, the U.S., and China have collaborated to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency organic solar cells. The design rules, which challenge some previously held ideas, have been...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 19, 2018 — A new way to select and send light of a specific color over long distances has been applied to development of a nanoscale “light switch” for turning on and turning off the transmission of one color of light. The technique, which uses...

SHEFFIELD, England, July 18, 2018 — Researchers have found a way to generate very rapid single-photon light pulses, a discovery that could be used to secure quantum data transfer. Single-photon pulses offer data security, because any attempt to intercept the data can be detected...

BOULDER, Colo., July 18, 2018 — A device that uses a small plate to absorb microwave energy and bounce it into laser light could provide a solution for sending quantum signals over long distances. Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the...

Jul 17, 2018 — In the classic comic-book narrative, one of Superman’s many powers was “heat vision,” an ability to store solar energy in his eyes and emit it in fiery optic blasts, which were graphically depicted as lasers. As with so much of yesteryear’s science...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 17, 2018 — A superresolution nanoscope could enable 3D imaging of amyloid plaques — a characteristic feature of Alzheimer’s disease — with up to 10 times greater detail than conventional microscopes. Researchers at Purdue University combined active shaping of...