Photonics/​Optics

Photonics

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Products: Photonics/Optics
See the product of the month: Excelitas Technologies' platform for high-precision medical illumination and diagnostic applications such as endoscopy and surgical visualization.
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Features: Materials
As mass spectrometry technology continues to evolve, so will the applications that can benefit from this important tool.
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News: Photonics/Optics
Excelitas Technologies Corp., which produces photonic solutions for the industrial and medical markets, has signed a definitive agreement with Heraeus Group (Hanau, Germany) to...
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Global Innovations: Medical
Researchers have developed an ultra-tiny endo-microscope that could help improve breast cancer treatment and cut NHS waiting lists.
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Briefs: Design
Using the device, assorted functional imaging was demonstrated to satisfy clinical needs.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
UV-Enhanced Photodetectors A family of photodiodes for medical applications is available from Opto Diode Corp., Camarillo, CA. The photodiodes operate from 190 to 400 nm and are available in two different configurations,...
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Briefs: Medical
A complete optical path minimizes signal crosstalk between detection channels.
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INSIDER: Design
A new low-cost portable instrument manipulates light and fluid for fast and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples. Although still in the research stage, the new device...
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have proposed a solution to both clearly visualize and accurately assess the brain via photoacoustic imaging.
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R&D: Photonics/Optics
Researchers are creating new tools for a method called optogenetics, which shines light at specific neurons in the brain to excite or suppress activity.
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R&D: Wearables
To make ultraviolet (UV)-detecting wearables, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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R&D: Tubing & Extrusion
An optomechanical ultrasound sensor on a silicon photonic chip provides unprecedented sensitivity due to an innovative optomechanical waveguide.
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Briefs: Medical
The tool shows promise for imaging brain activity in 3D with high speed and contrast.
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R&D: Medical
Tiny photonic devices could be used to monitor a person’s health.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The surface waves provide a thermal transport solution.
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Global Innovations: Energy
EPFL researchers have developed a new type of retinal implant for people who have become blind due to the loss of photoreceptor cells in their retinas.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers used some architectural features from spiderwebs to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging.
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R&D: Imaging
The technologies may enable wearable health monitors to produce improved physiological information and continuous monitoring without frequent battery changes.
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Features: Wearables
Machine-to-machine communication, deep learning, XR, and AI are all going to have an extraordinary will require low-latency manufacturing.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Shielding materials, static control, 3D printing software, and more.
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Landmark test results suggest a promising class of sensors can be used in high-radiation environments and to advance important medical, industrial, and research applications.
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Application Briefs: Lighting
Motion capture (Mocap) is a technique used in the film industry to digitally track a human actor's movements and precisely transfer those motions to an animated figure. But it has other applications as well....
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Fabricated using inexpensive and widely available organic pigments used in printing inks and cosmetics, an artificial retina was developed that consists of tiny pixels like a digital camera sensor on a...
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R&D: Medical
A new electro-optic laser imposes microwave electronic vibrations on a continuous-wave laser operating at optical frequencies, effectively carving pulses into the light. Probing biological...
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Briefs: Medical
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a surgical camera inspired by the eye of the morpho butterfly. The...
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Features: Photonics/Optics
RMIT UniversityMelbourne, Australiawww.rmit.edu.au When you’re working with a fluid as hypersensitive as blood, it pays to have specialists on board.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have found a way to convert nanoparticle-coated microscopic beads into lasers smaller than red blood cells. These microlasers, which convert...
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Briefs: Wearables
Compression therapy is a standard form of treatment for patients who suffer from venous ulcers and other conditions in which veins struggle to return blood from the lower extremities....
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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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