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Mouse Kidney Image Wins Biomed Central Photo Competition
LONDON, Dec. 19, 2018 — An image of a mouse kidney, entitled “Kidney Rainbow,” is the winner of the second annual Biomed Central (BMC) “Research in Progress” photo competition. From microscopy images to researchers at work, this year’s competition received more than 350 submissions reflecting the innovative spirit, curiosity, and integrity of researchers around the world. The winning image by Nian Wang at the Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Duke University, was obtained by diffusion tensor imaging, an MRI-based imaging...
Drones Could Simplify Animated Film Production
ZÜRICH, Dec. 18, 2018 — Computer scientists at ETH Zürich have developed a system that could transform the way animated films are made. The research team, which about a year ago showed that highly technical film scenes could be shot more easily using drones, has now...
First Observations of Asteroid Bennu Reveal Water Was Once Present
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2018 — Data obtained from the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft’s two spectrometers, the OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) and the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emissions Spectrometer (OTES), reveal the presence of molecules that contain oxygen and hydrogen...
2D Circuits On Smooth Surfaces Could Aid Next-Gen Biosensors
HOUSTON, Dec. 14, 2018 — Atom-flat sensors, made from 2D materials, could be used to monitor performance without adding weight or hindering signal flow if they could be seamlessly integrated onto surfaces with different geometries where detection for near-field signal is...
Mini-QCL Frequency Combs Provide Solution for Chemical Sensing
VIENNA, Dec. 13, 2018 — Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) are working with laser frequency combs to enable chemical analysis on a chip. This new patent-pending technology will enable frequency combs to be created on a single chip in a simple,...
LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Gravitational-Wave Detections
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12, 2018 — The National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and the European-based Virgo gravitational-wave detector have detected four new black hole merger events. The findings were presented at the Gravitational...
Wireless, Wearable Sensors-on-a-Chip Provide Precise Dosimetry at Multiple Wavelengths
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 11, 2018 — A wearable, battery-free sensor has been developed that can measure and monitor exposure to light across multiple wavelengths, from the UV to the VIS to the IR regions. The device, created by researchers at Northwestern University, can record up to...
Using Fiber Optics, ORNL Team Demonstrates Universal Quantum Computing
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 10, 2018 — Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a frequency-based approach to quantum computing. The researchers performed two distinct, independent operations simultaneously on two qubits encoded on photons of different...
Graphene Sensor Detects Substances, Boosts Food Safety
HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 7, 2018 — A new sensor design makes use of the optoelectronic properties of graphene to enable simultaneous detection of multiple substances, including bacteria and other pathogens. The design is based on 2D graphene sheets, each just one atom thick, and was...
Real-Time Imaging Reveals Flexibility of Crystal Surfaces
KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 6, 2018 — Images taken using an atomic force microscope have enabled researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) to observe, for the first time, the flexible and dynamic changes that occur on the surfaces...
Colloidal Quantum Dot, IR LEDs Display Highest Efficiency
BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 5, 2018 — A composite material that is a strong light emitter as well as an efficient charge conductor — colloidal quantum dot (CQD) LEDs — has been developed by a team at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). The nanocomposite system comprising IR CQDs...
Optical Cluster States Could Enable One-Way Quantum Computing
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 4, 2018 — Using a compact optical platform, a research team at Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique (INRS) has generated a high-dimensional, d-level cluster state and has used it to perform quantum computing operations. According to the researchers,...
Muscle Weakness Measured with Multiphoton Imaging
ERLANGEN, Germany, Dec. 3, 2018 — Scientists at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) have engineered an automated, high-precision biomechatronics system into a multiphoton microscope. The system allows isometric calcium ion (Ca2+)-graded force (or passive viscoelasticity...
Gas-Jet Lens Supports Refractive Optics in XUV Domain
BERLIN, Dec. 3, 2018 — A new refractive lens, developed by scientists at the Max Born Institute (MBI), uses a jet of atoms to focus extreme UV (XUV) beams. The atom jet is used in place of glass, which is non-transparent in the XUV spectral region. In spite of a large...
High-Performance Computers Could Advance Application of 3D Holography
CHIBA, Japan, Nov. 30, 2018 — Researchers at Chiba University are developing a computer that can project high-quality 3D electroholography as a video — a project that they began about 25 years ago. The team, led by professor Tomoyoshi Ito, has been working to increase the speed...
Photonic Sensors Withstand Large Doses of Radiation
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 29, 2018 — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified a class of silicon photonic sensors that could be effective in high-radiation environments because of their ability to withstand radiation doses. Results from...
Leibniz Institute Observes Neuronal Structures with Holography
JENA, Germany, Nov. 29, 2018 — Using a multimode optical fiber as thin as a human hair, scientists at the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology have observed at high resolution the neuronal structures inside deep brain areas of living mice. The researchers drew on holographic...
Wireless-to-Optical Receiver Could Speed Data Transmission Over 'last mile'
ZÜRICH, Nov. 28, 2018 — While light waves sent through optical fibers support fast data transmission, the “last mile,” from the fiber optic cable to the internet socket in your home, can be the most challenging and expensive leg of the journey. In the future a new light...
Researchers Demonstrate Efficiency of Radical-Based OLEDs
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 27, 2018 — Radicals — semiconducting molecules with unpaired electrons — can be used to fabricate highly efficient OLEDs, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and Jilin University. Using a luminescent radical emitter, the researchers...
New Laser Architecture Taps Coherent Light to Probe and Control Matter
MENLO PARK and STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 26, 2018 — A new laser architecture called the Universal Light Modulator, developed by researchers affiliated with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, uses coherent light to engineer complex light structures for probing and...
REDFINCH Consortium Detects Gas with Light, Sound
GRENOBLE, France, Nov. 26, 2018 — Events such as the Port of Rizhao gas plant explosion in China that killed 173 people and injured hundreds of others in 2015; the explosion at the U.S.’s third largest refinery in Texas City, Texas, in 2005; and the Buncefield oil storage...
Photocatalyst Used to Create a Safe, Sustainable Building Block for New Drugs
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 26, 2018 — While searching for ways to use visible light to drive chemical reactions, a University of Michigan team found that by using photocatalysis, they could create a safe, inexpensive alternative to anilines, which are used for the development of new...
Researchers Customize Broadband Light Sources Using a Photonic Chip and AI
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, and BRIGHTON, England, Nov. 26, 2018 — Researchers from Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and the University of Sussex have collaborated to create an optical device that uses AI to control the properties of light. Using an actively controlled photonic chip, the...
International University Team Demonstrates New Design for Random Lasers
TAMPERE, Finland, Nov. 20, 2018 — A team of researchers from Tampere University of Technology in Finland, University Roma Tre in Italy, the University of Southampton in the U.K., and Case Western Reserve University in the U.S. has demonstrated a new design for random lasers, where...
Perovskite-Based LEDs Achieve New Efficiency Record
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 7, 2018 — A new efficiency record has been set for perovskite-based LEDs, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. The researchers showed that by forming a composite layer of the perovskites together with a polymer, it was possible to achieve...

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