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ETH Researchers Develop Compact, Rapid and Inexpensive Modulator for Future Data Tansmission

In February 1880 in his laboratory in Washington the American inventor Alexander Graham Bell developed a device which he himself called his greatest achievement, greater even than the telephone: the "photophone".

28 Jul 2015

LMIS-1 Paper by Vl Flauraud on Novel Nanophotonic Antennas for Bio Cell Imaging Features on Biophysical Magazine

LMIS-1 paper by Vl Flauraud on novel nanophotonic antennas for enhanced bio cell imaging has been featured as highlight on biophysical magazine.

28 Jul 2015

MIT to Play Key Role in $600 Million Public-Private Partnership for Photonics Advancements

MIT is a key player in a new $600 million public-private partnership announced today by the Obama administration to help strengthen high-tech U.S.-based manufacturing.

28 Jul 2015

Femtosecond X-Ray Laser Helps Create 3D Image of Arrestin-Rhodopsin Complex at the Atomic Level

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new approach to structuring the catalysts used in essential reactions in the chemical and energy fields. The advance offers a pathway for industries to wean themselves off of platinum, one of the scarcest metals in the earth's crust.

25 Jul 2015

Xmark Media Announces Programme and Speakers for Photonex 2015 Nano-Spectroscopy and Bio-Imaging Meeting

Xmark Media the organisers of Photonex 2015, the UK’s showcase photonics conference & exhibition announce the programme and speakers for the meeting on Nano-Spectroscopy and Bio-Imaging. This FREE-to-attend conference will be held on Wednesday & Thursday 14th and 15th October as part of the growing two-day event at the visitor-friendly Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

22 Jul 2015

New Multispectral Microscope for Studying Impact of Experimental Drugs on Biological Samples

A new multispectral microscope, one capable of processing nearly 17 billion pixels representing 13 individual color channels in a single image, has been successfully demonstrated by a team of researchers from the United States and Australia.

17 Jul 2015

Nanometrics Kicks Off Formal Commemoration of 40th Anniversary Year

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced process control systems, today kicks off formal commemoration of its 40th Anniversary Year in conjunction with SEMICON West, the industry’s premier trade show, being held July 14-16, 2015 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

15 Jul 2015

Nanoresonators Can Manipulate Light to Cast a Very Large Reflection

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created a nanoscale device that can emit light as powerfully as an object 10,000 times its size. It's an advance that could have huge implications for everything from photography to solar power.

15 Jul 2015

Laser World of Photonics 2015: PI Launches New Motion and Positioning Products

Motion and precision positioning systems expert PI(PhysikInstrumente)formally launched many new products and technology developments at Laser World of Photonics, held in Munich, Germany last month, to complement their existing comprehensive portfolio of precision motion control and positioning technologies, components, and systems.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 15 Jul 2015

Unaided Human Eye Can Determine Nanometer Thick Thin Films

The human eye is an amazing instrument and can accurately distinguish between the tiniest, most subtle differences in color. Where human vision excels in one area, it seems to fall short in others, such as perceiving minuscule details because of the natural limitations of human optics.

10 Jul 2015