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Photonics to Play Key Role in Spaceflight Communications
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 27, 2016 — Making space communications more efficient for both near-Earth and deep-space missions is a priority for NASA, and photonics may provide the solution. Laser communications could significantly improve data rates in all space regions, from low-Earth orbit to interplanetary.
ICFO Researchers Image Molecular Bond Breakup
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 25, 2016 — Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences’ (ICFO) Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics Group have reported on the imaging of molecular bond breakup in acetylene (C2H2) 9 fs after its ionization. The team was able to track the individual...
Etching Microstructures With Lasers
AACHEN, Germany, Oct. 25, 2016 — Consumer interest in analytics applications has prompted scientists in Germany to investigate how to use lasers to etch microstructures into thin glass. Through research, they found that irradiating glass in a particular way with an ultrafast laser...
Solar Imaging Tool Enables Better Understanding of Sun’s Atmosphere
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 24, 2016 — The ability to track a particular kind of solar wave as it sweeps upward from the sun's surface through its atmosphere is adding to astrophysics’ understanding of how solar material travels throughout the sun. Though scientists have long...
Novel Design May Make QCLs More Efficient, Easier to Produce
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 3016 — Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) developed using just two different materials have been demonstrated a performance comparable to QCLs manufactured using more costly, complicated methods. Previous approaches to QCL production have required the QCL to be...
NJIT Biomedical Engineer Receives Innovation Grant
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 20, 2016 — New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded a $50,000 Innovation Grant to Tara Alvarez, Ph.D., to help create a 3D virtual reality therapy game for children suffering with binocular vision dysfunction (BVD). Alvarez is a professor of biomedical...
Retina Image Takes First Prize in NIH’s Beauty of Science Competition
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 20, 2016 — BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 20, 2016 — A confocal microscope image of a mouse retina shining with fluorescent molecules has been awarded first prize in the National Institutes of Health's 2016 Combined Federal Campaign "Beauty of Science," an arts...
Multichannel Optical Biosensor May Detect Cancer
PULLMAN, Wash., Oct. 20, 2016 — An eight channel smartphone spectrometer has been developed which can detect human interleukin-6 (IL-6), a known biomarker for lung, prostate, liver, breast and epithelial cancers.
Hyperspectral Imaging May Enable Earlier Detection of GI Cancers
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 19, 2016 — A hyperspectral imaging technique uses a set of camera filters with a standard endoscopy system to increase the number of colors that can be seen during endoscopy and potentially improve the ability to detect abnormal cells in the lining of the gut....
OCT-A Detects Early-Stage Glaucoma
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2016 — Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) was used at the earliest stages of glaucoma to identify the characteristic patterns of different forms of the disease.
Protocols Introduced for Graphene-Based Array for Biophotonics Applications
MADISON, Wis., Oct. 17, 2016 — The fabrication and use of transparent graphene-based neural electrode arrays for applications in fluorescent microscopy, OCT and optogenetics have been described in detail by the researchers who developed the array. The arrays could provide...
Satellite Images Help Target Vaccination Campaigns in Developing Regions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 14, 2016 — Satellite images that capture short-term changes in population size in communities in developing countries could help vaccination campaigns achieve more complete coverage and aid in preventing disease outbreaks. Vaccination campaigns supplement...
Superresolution Microscope Builds 3D Images by Mapping Negative Space
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14, 2016 — Thermal noise imaging, a novel method for making 3D images of biological structures at high resolution and under natural conditions, may offer insight into how cells communicate with one another, helping to further the development of artificial...
Imaging Biomarker for Parkinson’s Clinical Trials Gains EMA Support
LONDON and TUCSON, Oct. 13, 2016 — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a letter of support on the use of neuroimaging biomarker dopamine transporter imaging as an exploratory biomarker for early Parkinson’s disease (PD). The biomarker will help researchers select...
Novel Pathway to Light Suppresses Kasha’s Rule
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 11, 2016 — A discovery about how some molecules produce light, in apparent contradiction of Kasha's rule, could have several applications, from industrial to biomedical. To explore the origin of aggregation-induced emission, researchers from the University of...
Holographic Imaging Technique Diagnoses Malaria Automatically, Accurately
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 11, 2016 — A quantitative phase spectroscopy (QPS) system that incorporates digital holography has been used to spot malaria-infected cells from a simple, untouched blood sample without any help from a human. The technique employs machine learning algorithms...
Fiber-Optics-Based System Monitors Structural Health
BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 7, 2016 — An all fiber-optics based system for monitoring structure health shows promise as a reliable means to oversee structural soundness under extreme conditions. Active ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (NDE), currently a widely used technique in...
Quantum Approach Measures Optical Molecular Activity With Precision
SYDNEY, Oct. 6, 2016 — Quantum optical rotatory dispersion, a technique that uses quantum methods to differentiate and measure molecules when light passes through chiral media, could offer a precise way to measure intricate molecular properties, even when low light or a...
Optical Vortex Discovery Could Lead to Microscopy, Fiber Optics Advances
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 4, 2016 — 3D ring-shaped light structures, generated by high-intensity lasers, have been identified and could lead to new opportunities for the use of lasers in microscopy and telecommunications.
Novel Device Adds to Interferometry’s Optical Capabilities
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 30, 2016 — Interferometers make minute measurements by manipulating beams of light using an optical delay — an effect that's typically achieved by adding length to one of the beam's paths, which slows the signal down. The creators of the Hilbert-space analyzer...
Novel Lens Delivers Controlled Doses of Medicine
BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2016 — A contact lens-based system that uses a strategically placed drug polymer film to deliver medication gradually to the eye was shown to be as effective as daily eye drops in a preclinical model for managing glaucoma. In a study supported by a grant...
Sensor Can Find E. coli Quickly Over Wide Temperature Range
OUTAOUAIS, Quebec, Sept. 28, 2016 — A fiber-optic biosensor has been developed that can detect E.coli bacteria in 15-20 minutes. The sensor is temperature-insensitive over a wide range, making it well-suited for the accurate detection of E. coli bacteria in outdoor environments.
Using Graphene to Lower the Cost and Footprint of LEDs
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 26, 2016 — A white LED (WLED) has been developed using a hybrid metal-organic framework (MOF) material, which provides electrically driven white light emission with a continuous spectrum that matches well with natural sunlight. It could offer an economical,...
Printing Shape-Changing 3D Structures With Light
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 23, 2016 — A high-resolution 3D printing process that uses light from a projector to print patterns on shape-memory polymers (SMPs) was used to fabricate structures that can morph back to their original shape quickly. The process, called...
Novel Monomer Enhances Resolution in Live-Cell Imaging
BEIJING, Sept. 22, 2016 — A novel protein with a fluorescent probe for imaging live cells could improve live-cell superresolution (SR) imaging. While the use of reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs) reduces illumination intensity and thus enables SR imaging of...

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