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'Makeup Lamp' Alters Appearance in Real-Time
ZURICH, May 4, 2017 — The facial appearance of actors can be transformed during a live performance using a projector-based illumination system that tracks the actor’s facial movements and changing expressions without the need for facial markers. A key challenge of live dynamic augmentation of human faces via projection is latency — i.e., when an image is generated according to a specific pose, but displayed on a different facial configuration by the time it is projected. The Makeup Lamp, developed
Findings Challenge Understanding of Quantum Theory
NORWICH, U.K., May 3, 2017 — Researchers have shown that when photons are created in pairs, they can emerge from different, rather than the same, locations. The discovery, which is in contrast to the general belief that photon pairs must originate from single points in space,...
Nanoscale Sensor Provides Clear Optical Fingerprint to ID Pollutants
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, May 2, 2017 — A sensor made with ultrathin nanomaterials could improve environmental sensing by providing an unambiguous optical fingerprint for the detection of molecules.
Lasers Reveal Vibration Patterns of Big Ben
May 1, 2017 — For whom the bell tolls” took on a new meaning for a group of U.K. researchers as they “vibration mapped” the famous London clock bell, the Great Bell — more commonly known as Big Ben — that resides inside the Elizabeth...
Changes in Optical Noise Lead to Hidden Target Detection
ORLANDO, Fla., May 1, 2017 — A novel method for tracking hidden objects does so by analyzing the fluctuations in the optical noise created by the object’s movement. This approach could help advance real-time remote sensing for military and other applications, and could be...
New Technique Uses Stereolithography for the Additive Manufacturing of Glass
KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 1, 2017 — Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a process using glass for additive manufacturing techniques. The scientists first mix nanoparticles of high-purity quartz glass with small amounts of liquid polymer; they...
Volumetric Imaging Could Eliminate Needles for Blood Tests
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28, 2017 — Imagine blood tests without having to actually have blood drawn. Researchers from Purdue University have developed a chemical imaging system that uses an InSight DeepSee femtosecond laser to penetrate deep into tissue that could eliminate...
Nanoholes in Silicon Bolster Photodetector Speed, Efficiently
DAVIS, Calif., April 26, 2017 — A photodetector that could move more data at a lower cost has been built by propagating photons through nanoholes in a silicon wafer. The detector uses tapered holes to divert photons sideways, preserving both the speed of thin-layer silicon and the...
HIF Receives Grant for Natural Resource Exploration
FREIBERG, Germany, April 26, 2017 — The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), part of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, German research laboratory, will receive a grant of approximately €900,000 ($965,000) over the next three years to support the...
Drones Record Activity From Volcanic Plume
BRISTOL, England, April 25, 2017 — Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) carrying lightweight sensors collected temperature, humidity and thermal data within the remote volcanic clouds of Guatemala and took images of multiple volcanic eruptions in real-time. The research team believes this...
Imaging Array Captures Minute Details From a Distance
HOUSTON, April 25, 2017 — A unique camera that can capture a detailed micron-resolution image from a distance uses a laser and techniques that borrow from holography, microscopy and "Matrix"-style bullet time. Engineers from Rice and Northwestern Universities built the...
UTSA Students Receive NSF Grant for Vein-Finding IR Device
SAN ANTONIO, April 25, 2017 — A student-led team from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the beneficiary of a $50,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to attend the school’s Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) program in...
Microscopy Method Enables Simultaneous Imaging of 24 Molecules
NEW YORK, April 24, 2017 — A novel microscopy platform with enhanced detection sensitivity could allow for more comprehensive, system-wide labeling and imaging of greater numbers of biomolecules in living cells and tissues than is currently possible. The platform, called...
“Virtual” Interferometers Could Minimize Size of Optical Processing Circuitry
MELBOURNE, Australia, April 24, 2017 — A novel technique dubbed “measurement-based linear optics” could enable miniaturization of the optical processing circuitry required for quantum computers by using virtual interferometers instead of large-scale physical ones. According...
Northrop Grumman Opens New, High-Tech Facility
GRAND FORKS, N.D., April 21, 2017 — Northrop Grumman Corporation opened its new 36,000 square foot facility dedicated to fostering autonomous systems and other capabilities at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Business and Aviation Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The...
Photoelectrochemical Cell Captures Excess Photon Energy
GOLDEN, Colo., April 20, 2017 — A proof-of principal photoelectrochemical cell capable of capturing excess photon energy that is normally lost to generating heat could produce solar fuels. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...
Surveillance Robots Share and Interpret Images
ITHACA, N.Y., April 19, 2017 — A new system that allows a team of robots to share and interpret information as they move around could enable these same robots to relieve humans of dangerous jobs such as disposing of landmines, cleaning up after a nuclear meltdown or surveying the...
AIM Photonics Welcomes IBM as Newest Consortium Member
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 19, 2017 — AIM Photonics, the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics, has announced a patent and intellectual property licensing agreement with IBM. The collaboration is expected to provide a path for the development of new technologies and...
Low-Power Laser Etching May Speed Lab-On-A-Chip Fabrication
MEXICO CITY, April 18, 2017 — A novel method for fabricating poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) waveguides using low-power laser etching could make it easier and less expensive to incorporate optical sensing onto lab-on-a-chip devices. The PDMS waveguides can be easily integrated into...
Artificial Photocatalyst Used to Harness Light, Drive Chemical Reactions
LONDON, April 17, 2017 — An artificial photocatalyst material made from metal nanoparticles has been developed that could be used to harvest the sun’s energy more efficiently, for use in solar and other applications. Nanostructured materials that demonstrate plasmonic...
OSSC and OISC to Participate in STEM Career Fair
COSTA MESA, Calif., April 17, 2017 — The Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC) and the Optical Institute of Southern California (OISC) will join Vital Link of Orange County and OC Fair Imaginology for the 6th annual Vital Link STEM & the Arts Career Showcase April 21-23rd. The...
New Material Could Improve People’s Health and Reduce Pollution
AUSTIN, Texas, April 17, 2017 — A material that holds the key to cheap, fast and portable new sensors for a wide range of chemicals has been developed by chemists at the University of Texas at Austin. The innovation could drastically reduce the costs associated with cleaning-up...
Security Technologies Could Benefit From Advances in Quantum Image Processing
CHANGCHUN, China, April 14, 2017 — Quantum image processing (QIP), an emerging area, extends conventional image processing tasks and operations to the quantum computing framework. Researchers from Changchun University of Science and Technology, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University,...
Silverstein Named President of National Microscopy Student Council
MIAMI, April 14, 2017 — Joshua Silverstein, a geology graduate student at Miami University, has been elected president of the Microscopy Society of America’s (MSA) newly formed student council. The council features offices that parallel those of the executive...
Medically Monitoring Cameras Could Replace Skin Sensors
ZURICH, April 13, 2017 — Premature babies kept warm in neonatal incubators could soon be medically monitored with cameras rather than with sensors attached to their skin. The camera system was developed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne...

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