Two-dimensional optical spatial differentiation and high-contrast imaging
Credit: @Science China Press Over the past decades, image processing has evolved into a significant technique for science and engineering ...
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Light from rare earth: new opportunities for organic light-emitting diodes
Credit: @Science China Press Since its birth in the laboratory, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) has developed into an industry worth ...
Groundbreaking research into solar energy technology develops through new EU-project
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Over the last few years, a specially designed molecule and an energy system ...
Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
Credit: University of Adelaide Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for ...
Optics and photonics researcher receives $1.7 million nih grant
Assistant Professor Kyu Young Han will use the funding to develop a new optical technology that could aid in the ...
The most sensitive optical receivers yet for space communications
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Communications in space demand the most sensitive receivers possible for maximum reach, while also ...
The most sensitive and fastest graphene microwave bolometer
Credit: harvard-icfo-mit-bbntechnologies-nims Bolometers are devices that measure the power of incident electromagnetic radiation thru the heating of materials, which exhibit ...
Colloidal quantum dot light emitters go broadband in the infrared
Credit: ©ICFO Broadband light emission in the infrared has proven to be of paramount importance for a large range of ...
Intelligent camera technology to revolutionize plastics recycling
A new research project is aiming to develop a camera-based separation system that can separate plastic waste according to type. ...
Scientists studied nanoparticles embedded in silver-ion-exchanged glasses
Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.Credit: Peter ...
Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes
Credit: Ilias Patmanidis and Misha Pchenitchnikov Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists ...
3D biometric authentication based on finger veins almost impossible to fool
Combining light and sound adds depth information that boosts security of biometric authenticationCredit: Jun Xia, University at Buffalo, The State ...
New extreme ultraviolet facility opens for use
A new machine to probe the ultrafast motion of matter is the first of its kindCredit: © 2020 Springer Nature ...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed ...