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New Bilayer Material Could Improve LED Technology
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 17, 2017 — A new bilayer material measuring less than one nanometer in thickness per layer could lead to more efficient and versatile light emission. Researchers working at the Ultrafast Laser Lab at the University of Kansas (KU) successfully created the material by combining atomically thin layers of molybdenum disulfide and rhenium disulfide. Hui Zhao, associate professor of physics and astronomy at KU said molybdenum disulfide and rhenium disulfide both absorb light as semiconductors, are
Lidar Yields Clues into Native American History
Feb 17, 2017 — Archaeologists have been using lidar to advance investigations of the past, primarily in areas where there were known large-scale civilizations in dense forested settings, such as Mayan areas in Central America and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. For...
Cahill Named SPIE Rising Researcher
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 17, 2017 — Professor Nathan Cahill at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been named a Rising Researcher by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his contributions to defense and security research. Cahill is the associate...
Scientists Collaborate to Increase Accuracy of Optical Radar
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 16, 2017 — Improving the precision of optical radar is the goal of an international consortium comprised of scientists from the Leibniz University of Hanover, the University of Oulu, and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU). The...
Ultrafast Camera Developed for Drones, Autonomous Vehicles
SINGAPORE, Feb. 16, 2017 — An ultrafast high-contrast camera developed in Singapore could help self-driving cars and drones see better in adverse road and weather conditions. A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) created the smart camera than can...
Adhesive Material Controlled Remotely Using Light
KIEL, Germany, Feb. 15, 2017 — An intelligent, adhesive composite material similar to the adhesive mechanisms that allow geckos and other animals to walk upside down or cling to a wall, has been developed and it can be controlled by light. Scientists at Kiel University created...
Conservation Drones and Thermal Fingerprints Help Endangered Species
LIVERPOOL, England, Feb. 15, 2017 — An astrophysics-ecology drone project could be the answer to many global conservation efforts. Using drones, thermal cameras and techniques used to analyze objects in space, an astrophysicist and an ecologist from Liverpool John Moores University...
Laser Scribing Builds Molecular Biosensor
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 14, 2017 — Graphene electrodes that act as effective biosensors have been created using a laser to burn patterns into a polymer sheet. King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) researchers used a technique called laser scribing which locally...
High-Resolution Satellite Images Measure African Farm Yields
STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 14, 2017 — High-resolution images taken by compact satellites could be used to estimate agricultural productivity as well as test intervention strategies in regions of the world where data are currently extremely scarce. Stanford researchers have developed...
Imaging Platform Improves Limited Resolution Abilities of Single-Molecule Microscopes
BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2017 — A new highly versatile and inexpensive microscope imaging platform has been developed that is designed to visualize objects with molecular-scale resolution and unprecedented complexity. Scientists from Wyss Institute at Harvard University have...
New Design Tools Produce Higher-Quality, Lower, Lower-Cost Large-Area LEDs
OULU, Finland, Feb. 13, 2017 — A novel LED light source based on large, flexible and transparent substrates has been developed with help from an easy-to-customize LED foil. The light source, developed at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, can be mass produced and used...
Holographic Atomic Memory Produces Photons On Demand
WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 10, 2017 — A device that is able to generate single photons on demand in groups of several dozen or more could help scientists overcome one of the fundamental obstacles facing the construction of quantum computers. Physicists from the Faculty of Physics at the...
Spectroscopy Technique Could Detect Chemicals in Minuscule Amounts
LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 9, 2017 — A microscope that can chemically identify μm-sized particles could one day be used in airports and other high-security venues to rapidly screen people for microscopic amounts of potentially dangerous materials. The technique, which was developed...
Augmented Reality, Virtual Sensors Enhance Physical Security Training
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 8, 2017 — Experts on physical security at Sandia National Laboratory are apply technology and methods of the video game industry to real-world national security problems. Using pre-release stand-alone augmented reality headsets, computer scientists have...
Novel BIC Laser Holds Promise for Optical Communications
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2017 — Researchers at the University of California have developed the first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon known as bound states in the continuum — BIC. The new BIC lasers have the potential to be developed as high-power...
Sedlacek Appointed Sales Engineer at Rigaku Innovative Technologies
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 6, 2017 — Multilayer optics supplier Rigaku Innovative Technologies Inc. has appointed Alex Sedlacek as its sales engineer. Sedlacek will work closely with OEM and custom orders in North America and around the globe. A sales engineer with expertise in...
Prism Awards 2017 Winners Crowned
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2017 — Prism Awards 2017 Winners Crowned Annual awards gala among high points of Photonics West 2017 Known as the Oscars of the photonics industry, the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation each year highlight the best of the best. And the competition is...
Smart Needle Detects At-Risk Blood Vessels
ADELAIDE, Australia, Feb. 1, 2017 — A new high-tech tiny imaging probe encased with a brain biopsy needle could make brain surgery safer. Researchers from the University of Adelaide developed the medical device that will let surgeons "see" at-risk blood vessels as they insert the...
CU Boulder Team Tracks Methane Leaks with Lasers
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 31, 2017 — With a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California Davis, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and aircraft...
Infrared Hologram Device Achieves New Optical Properties
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 30, 2017 — Australian National University physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved, opening the door to imaging technologies often seen in science fiction movies. "As a child, I learned about the...
Computer Tomography, Volumetric Imaging Reveal Details of Ancient Past
LINKÖPING, Sweden, Jan. 27, 2017 — Computer tomography (CT) scanning and volumetric visualization have been used to create a 3D display of the Geberlein Man, a 5,500 year-old natural mummy buried during the late pre-dynastic period at the site of Gebelein in Upper Egypt. Visitors to...
Liquid Lens Paired With Infrared Light and a Smartphone Creates Smart Glasses
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 26, 2017 — Liquid-based lenses that automatically focus on what a person is seeing could replace reading glasses and bifocals in the near future. The human eye has a lens inside that adjusts the focal depth depending on what is being viewed. But as people age,...
Far-Infrared Cameras and Drones Turn Construction Vehicle Into Disaster-Relief Robot
OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 25, 2017 — A group of Japanese researchers have developed a prototype construction robot for disaster relief situations equipped with far-infrared ray cameras and the ability to deploy a drone. This prototype has drastically improved operability and mobility...
Transformation Optics Conceals Objects in Diffusive Environments
VALENCIA, Spain, Jan. 24, 2017 — Researchers have devised a new cloaking device that could conceal aircraft in fog or a submarine in the sea. Both the fog and the sea serve as diffusive environments in which light is not propagated in a straight line, which makes his cloaking...
Smartphone Microscope Detects Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Reactions
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, 2017 — A novel smartphone-based microscope could make DNA sequence analysis much easier, faster and more readily accessible in remote locations.
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