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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 of researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Zhejiang University has reported integrating fiber optic glucose sensors into a microfluidic chip, a technique that could be used to create portable, high-performance, low-cost devices
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...
New Scale Using Small Business Grant for Hexapod
VICTOR, N.Y., April 21, 2016 — New Scale Technologies Inc. is developing the world’s smallest commercial hexapod under a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant. Awarded by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the grant funds development...
VECSEL-Based Laser Uses Single Light Source to Achieve Multimodal Imaging
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 19, 2016 — A solid-state degenerate laser system that can provide efficient methods of coherence switching has been used to provide both speckled and speckle–free images. The technology enables multimodality imaging from a single laser, where low spatial...
Novel Crystal Growth Method Enables Eye-Safe Laser
MOSCOW, Russia, April 18, 2016 — A compact, eye-safe laser light source has been developed for practical applications in medicine, communications and ranging. The solid-state laser emits in the 1500- to 1600-nm range, and is based on a novel laboratory growth technology for single...
Twisted Light Characterization Technique Seeks to Advance Quantum Communications
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 16, 2016 — Fully understanding “twisted” light may enable its use in quantum communication applications, and an experimental technique has yielded the first characterization of the azimuthal Wigner distribution of a photon. Twisted light has raised...
Theoretical Technique Identifies Defects in LED Materials
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 15, 2016 — The discovery and characterization of a specific type of defect in the atomic structure an LED that results in less efficient performance could enable fabrication of even more efficient, longer-lasting light sources. Improving the internal quantum...
Optoacoustic Sensor Promises More Reliable Cardiological Diagnostics
HANNOVER, Germany, April 14, 2016 — A technique based on optical interferometry could enable ultrasonic methods to be used internally to gather information about the heart tissue. Until now ultrasonic methods have only been used externally, because the piezo electronical components...
Laser Helps Predict Effect of Soil Structure on Water Flow
LAWRENCE, Kan., April 12, 2016 — The use of lasers to study soil hydrology (the movement of water through soil) may help soil scientists more accurately predict water flow. Researchers at the University of Kansas have used a multistripe laser triangulation (MLT) scanner, originally...
Ford Autonomous Research Vehicles Use Lidar to Drive without Headlights
WITTMANN, Ariz., April 12, 2016 — A recent test at the Ford Motor Company’s Arizona Proving Ground demonstrated the Ford Focus’s ability to use lidar sensor technology and 3D maps to drive in the dark without headlights. Ford said the development shows that even without...
Gold Nanoparticle-Based Laser System Modeled for Cell Transfection
HANNOVER, Germany, April 11, 2016 — An optically induced method has been modeled for an efficient and cell-preserving transfection — the delivery of DNA or RNA into eukaryotic cells — in high-throughput screening. Selective manipulation of cells with fluorescent 10 kDa...
Novel Mixes Expand Operating Temperature Range for LCDs
ORLANDO, Fla., April 8, 2016 — An experimental liquid crystal (LC) mixture has been shown to function properly in temperature range of −40 to 100 °C, an improvement over current technologies used in automobile displays, smartphones and televisions, for example, which...
Security Detection Device Features Stable THz Source
EVANSTON, Ill., April 7, 2016 — A security detection device based on a terahertz source has overcome the size, complexity and cost typical of terahertz devices. The device, which detects explosives, chemical agents, and dangerous biological substances from safe distances, could...
Precise Wavelength Used to Gently Image Lungs of Newborns
LUND, Sweden, April 6, 2016 — To avoid the harmful radiation resulting from x-rays, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been used to image oxygen concentrations in the lungs of newborns, a technique that could be used to noninvasively monitor premature babies with...
Lasers Detect Bacterial Growth in Food Quickly, Accurately
JINHUA, China, April 5, 2016 — A technique referred to as tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) enables fast, accurate and noninvasive measurement of bacteria levels in food, blood supplies and other products derived from living matter.

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