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Toptica to Support Life Sciences Laser Miniaturization Project
Toptica Photonics AG said it will provide semiconductor laser sources and integration services to PIX4life, a pilot line focused on the development of a compact, fully integrated photonics device to replace the bulky and expensive optical systems that currently dominate the life sciences sector.
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Rhodopsin Mimic Advances Light-Sensitive Artificial Cell Design
An artificial mimic of a key light-sensitive molecule could enable techniques for building light-sensitive artificial cells. Professor Jonathan Clayden and colleagues in the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, along with collaborators at the universities of Manchester and Hull, created an artificial mimic of rhodopsin, a protein that resides in cell membranes in the retina. The absorption of light by rhodopsin is the first step in the biochemistry of vision.
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Holotomography Enables Real-Time, Label-Free Visualization of Cells
A powerful method for imaging live cells without staining employs a 2D/3D/4D holographic microscope, allowing real-time, label-free visualization of biological samples. The research group of professor YongKeun Park of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), along with the startup TomoCube, founded by Park, built the system, which they described as the optical analogy of x-ray computed tomography (CT). The microscopic tool, called holotomography (HT)-1, uses laser illumination whereas x-ray CT uses x-ray beams.
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Tanner Awarded Horiba Young Fluorescence Investigator Award
Kandice Tanner of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has been awarded Horiba Scientific’s annual Young Fluorescence Investigator Award. Tanner is an investigator in the Laboratory of Cell Biology in the NIH Center for Cancer Research in Bethesda, Md.
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A Time to Remember - LIGHT MATTERS
This month, we look at a new optogenetics technique developed at MIT’s Riken Center that uses fiber optic light stimulation to essentially regrow lost synaptic connections in the brain. Researchers incredible findings could ultimately help combat Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. We also delve into an IR imaging method that is helping beekeepers ensure the health of their colonies; Managing Editor Michael Wheeler tells us how growing nanostructures could someday create self-cleaning textiles; and we learn about a new noninvasive spectroscopy technique for the assessment of bacteria in things like food and blood supplies.
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Quantum Cascade Laser Eliminates Need for External Light Source Read Article
On Target receives $5.2M in Funding for Cancer Fluorescence Compound Read Article
Corning, OLEDWorks Announces OLED Lighting Contest, Deadline June 30 Read Article
Sol Voltaics Aligns, Orients Nanowires in Solar Thin Film Read Article
Manfra Chosen to Lead Microsoft’s Station Q Purdue Read Article
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SCG 250: Freeform Grinding
Schneider Optical Machines
The SCG 250 provides an ideal platform for freeform, aspherical, and spherical grinding. The unique mechanical design and axis configuration combined with innovative kinematics allow for both cup and peripheral wheel grinding in a single process cycle. More Info
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Taper Manufacturing Station (TMS)
3SAE Technologies
The production-ready Taper Manufacturing Station (TMS) with optional cleaving package is designed for use in the manufacturing of optical fiber tapers, bundles and couplers. More Info
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Thin-Film Coating
United Lens Company
For over forty years ULC has been providing high-quality Thin Film Coatings for the photonics industry. We use a robotic multi-station aqueous ultrasonic system with 18 meg. ohm deionized water to prep the optics for coating. More Info
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Sensor & Test 2016 - The Measurement Fair
May 10-12, 2016 - AMA Service GmbH - Nuremberg, Germany
Photonics Media Booth: 1.123
Sensor & Test 2016 is the world's leading forum for sensors, measuring and testing, with more than 500 exhibitors from around the world, a special topic for 2016 will be “Measuring in the Cloud”. Expert forums provide an opportunity for innovative dialog on new concepts and solutions for processing, transferring and analyzing data acquired by measuring technology, while ensuring its security. Visit our website to download a free admission ticket, compliments of Photonics Media.
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CALL FOR ARTICLES!
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazines (Photonics Spectra, Industrial Photonics, BioPhotonics and EuroPhotonics). Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Managing Editor Michael Wheeler at [email protected], or use our online submission form.
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