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New LAMP Tool at LCLS Enables Precise Exploration of Light-Matter Interaction

A 2-ton instrument the size of a compact car, now available at SLAC's X-ray laser, makes it possible to capture more detailed images of atoms, molecules, nanoscale features of solids, and individual particles such as viruses and airborne soot.

17 Jan 2014

New Study on Resonant Secondary Light Emission from Plasmonic Nanostructures

"Plasmonic nanostructures are of great current interest as chemical sensors, in vivo imaging agents, and for photothermal therapeutics," explained David G. Cahill, a Willett Professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

16 Jan 2014

Metamaterials Could be Designed to do ‘Photonic Calculus’

A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Texas at Austin and University of Sannio in Italy shows that metamaterials can be designed to do “photonic calculus” by working like an analog computer.

10 Jan 2014

Old World Laboratories Introduces Ultra-Precision 3D Printer with 100 nm Resolution

Old World Laboratories today announced the availability of its newest 3D printer, the OWL Nano. With resolution 100x thinner than other desktop 3D printers in the $2,000 - $5,000 price range, the OWL Nano makes ultra-precision 3D printing an affordable tool for every designer or draftsperson, prosumer or dedicated hobbyist.

9 Jan 2014

Researchers Review Latest Developments in Transformation Optics as Applied to Nanophotonics

The control of light is vital to many applications, including imaging, communications, sensing, cancer treatment, and even welding processes for automobile parts. Transformation optics is an emerging field that has revolutionized our understanding of how to control light by constituting an effectively curved electromagnetic space.

8 Jan 2014

Prototype Scanner with MEMS Mirror Acquires 3D OCT Images of the Retina

A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool—about the size of a hand-held video camera—scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describe their new ophthalmic-screening instrument in a paper published today in the open-access journal Biomedical Optics Express, published by The Optical Society (OSA).

23 Dec 2013

Novel Technique to Generate Stable Femtosecond Pulses, Optical Combs and Microwave Signals

Development of electronics and communication requires a hardware base capable for increasingly larger precision, ergonomics and throughput. For communication and GPS-navigation satellites, it is of great importance to reduce the payload mass as well as to ensure the signal stability. Last year, researchers from the Moscow State University (MSU) together with their Swiss colleagues performed a study that can induce certain improvements in this direction.

23 Dec 2013

X-ray Free-Electron Laser Helps Image Structure of G Protein-Coupled Receptors at Room Temperature

A group of researchers from Arizona State University are part of a larger team reporting a major advance in the study of human proteins that could open up new avenues for more effective drugs of the future. The work is being reported in this week's Science magazine.

From Arizona State University 23 Dec 2013

Nanotech’s KolourOptik Platform to Augment ITW Security Division’s Security Solutions

Nanotech Security Corp. (“NTS”), and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”) today announced a collaboration that will add Nanotech’s KolourOptik® platform to augment ITW Security Division’s suite of security solutions. KolourOptik® uses advanced nano-structures imprinted on a material’s surface to secure and authenticate products.

19 Dec 2013

University of Adelaide to Establish New ARC Center of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics

The University of Adelaide has been awarded $23 million to establish a new Center of Excellence to develop technologies that will help researchers to create a "window into the body" in ways never achieved before.

19 Dec 2013