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DOE Announces Technologist in Residence Program
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2016 — The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the second round of funding for its Technologist in Residence program, providing up to $2.3 million to support collaboration between national laboratories and manufacturers. The relationship lasts for up to two years, addressing identified challenges in industry-relevant technologies such as advanced controls in smart manufacturing and R&D, enhancing clean energy manufacturing or reducing energy intensity. In addition, a
FLIM OPT Monitors Cell Signaling in Live Organisms
LONDON, May 17, 2016 — Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) combined with Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) has been used to image and monitor apoptosis in whole live organisms in 3D. Termed FLIM OPT, the method may provide a means to visualize cell signaling processes...
Holograms Gain Efficiency from Metasurface Fabrication Technique
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16, 2016 — Nanostructured metasurfaces have been incorporated into compact holograms, enabling the production of different images depending on the polarization of incident light. The highly efficient holograms lose very little light in the processing of...
A Greener Way to Create Quantum Dots
BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 13, 2016 — A novel method to manufacture quantum dots (QDs) from a single enzyme may provide a simple, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to produce these semiconducting nanocrystals, prized for their optical and electronic properties. Current...
Flexible Solar Cell Achieves 7.6% Efficiency
SYDNEY, May 12, 2016 — A thin-film technology called CZTS has been applied to photovoltaics to achieve a world-leading 7.6 percent efficiency in a 1-cm2 solar cell. The achievement marks a milestone for thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology — which is being...
Microscopy Method Observes Spinal Cells in Freely Behaving Mice
LA JOLLA, Calif., May 11, 2016 — A microscope about the size of a penny has been used to observe everyday activity of cells within the spinal cords of mice, revealing that astrocytes — cells in the nervous system that do not conduct electrical signals and were traditionally...
STEM Doctoral Candidates Seeking Nonacademic Careers
ATLANTA, May 10, 2016 — A recent study indicates that the research-faculty path may no longer be the norm for postdoctoral students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Landing a job as a research college or university faculty member typically...
DOE Office of Science Selects 49 for Early Career Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 — The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 49 scientists from across the nation to receive significant funding for research as part of DOE's Early Career Research Program. DOE said the program, now in its seventh year, is...
LIGO Awarded Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2016 — The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated by Caltech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Designed to open the field of gravitational-wave...
Two-Photon Collagen Crosslinking Demonstrated for Cornea Repair
BOSTON, May 9, 2016 — A technique called two-photon collagen crosslinking (2P-CXL) has been demonstrated to strengthen the cornea, with results confirmed by confocal Brillouin microscopy. The method could enable selective biological tissue stiffening in situ for...
3-Color Photodetector Explored for IR Color Television, Imaging Systems
EVANSTON, Ill., May 6, 2016 — A three-color, shortwave-midwave-longwave IR photodetector could be used to create IR color televisions and imaging systems. "A device capable of detecting different IR wavebands is highly desirable in next-generation IR imaging systems," said...
Custom Superprecise Mirror Arrives at European XFEL
HAMBURG, Germany, May 6, 2016 — X-ray laser research facility European XFEL has received a 95-cm-long mirror reported to be the most precise of its kind ever built. The mirror’s production is the culmination of a lengthy R&D process involving institutes and companies in...
Inkjet-Printed Lasing Capsule Produces Disposable Organic Lasers
PROVENCE, France, May 5, 2016 — An ultralow-cost fabrication method uses an inkjet printer to produce “lasing capsules” for external-cavity vertically emitting thin-film organic lasers, a development that could enable disposable laser chips. One obstacle that has...
Fiber Optic Biosensor-Integrated Microfluidic Chip Detects Glucose Levels
HONG KONG, May 3, 2016 — The lab-on-a-chip approach is being applied to the development of glucose meters for the early diagnosis and prevention of diabetes. An optofluidic device has enabled detection of glucose in solution, requiring only a tiny droplet of sweat. A team...
Reconfigurable Silicon Photonic Circuits Provide Control of Light Patterns
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 2, 2016 — The ability to control light in a silicon chip could enable novel applications in programmable photonic circuits, including applications for optical testing and data communication. The development of flexible integrated-optic circuits that can be...
Pressure Tunes Absorption Properties of Perovskite Solar Cells
STANFORD, Calif., April 29, 2016 — The voltage and electronic conductivity of perovskite solar cells have been shown to increase under high pressure. The findings suggest that either chemical or mechanical compression could enable tunable perovskites solar cells capable of absorbing...
JWST’s Giant Golden Mirror is Unveiled
GREENBELT, Md., April 28, 2016 — As part of the integrating and testing of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA engineers have unveiled the giant golden mirror of the IR telescope — it is heralded as the largest mirror yet sent into space. The 18 mirrors that make up...
Thermal Capacity of Photon Gas Measured, Aligns with Theory
BONN, Germany, April 27, 2016 — A method for measuring the thermal capacity of Bose-Einstein photon condensates could enable the development of ultraprecise thermometers. The drop in the heat-storage capacity of liquid water as it changes phase to gas or solid is well understood,...
Optogenetics Shows Promise in Treatment of Chronic Pain
MONTREAL, April 26, 2015 — Optogenetics may someday provide doctors with a noninvasive, highly-focused way to treat chronic pain. By making the cells responsible for pain transmission sensitive to light, the technique may be able to target, desensitize and reduce bioelectric...
Third-Harmonic Generation Microscopy Provides In Situ Brain Tumor Imaging
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 25, 2015 — A technique involving third-harmonic generation microscopy could allow neurosurgeons to image and assess brain tumor boundaries during surgery, providing optical biopsies in near-real time and increasing the accuracy of tissue removal. Pathologists...
Holotomography Enables Real-Time, Label-Free Visualization of Cells
DAEJON, South Korea, April 22, 2016 — 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...
Manfra Chosen to Lead Microsoft’s Station Q Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 22, 2016 — Professor Michael Manfra at Purdue University has been selected to lead Station Q Purdue, an elite team assembled by Microsoft’s Station Q to pursue quantum computing. Mathematician and Fields Medal winner Michael Freedman leads Microsoft...
Tanner Awarded Horiba Young Fluorescence Investigator Award
EDISON, N.J., April 22, 2016 — 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...
Building Energy-Efficient Optoelectronics from Monolayer Semiconductors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 22, 2016 — Optoelectronics applications may soon be built using monolayered, two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures made from materials using mismatched lattices. In a study led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists...
Rhodopsin Mimic Advances Light-Sensitive Artificial Cell Design
BRISTOL, England, April 21, 2016 — 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...
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