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    (Image credit: LMU/MPQ)
    The new minimally invasive screening approach needs just a single drop of blood to detect health conditions.
    Oct. 4, 2024
    (Image credit: L. Jay Guo Laboratory, U-M Engineering)
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    Sept. 30, 2024
    (Image credit: Feihu Xu, University of Science and Technology of China)
    A compact and lightweight single-photon airborne LiDAR system could enhance air and space applications such as 3D terrain mapping.
    Sept. 26, 2024
    (Photo credit: Shanté Booker, CUNY)
    Andrea Alù in the lab.
    Sept. 23, 2024
    (Image credit: Texas A&M University)
    The portable smartphone-based Raman spectrometer system is capable of detecting and analyzing chemicals and other materials in the field.
    Sept. 20, 2024

    More content from Volume 60, Issue 08

    (Sample courtesy of Aoi Gohma and Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN CBS-EVIDENT Open Collaboration Center)
    FIGURE 1. A 3D image of a live mouse brain acquired using an Evident FV4000 MPE microscope and a 25x TruResolution objective.
    Near-infrared (NIR) imaging can help mitigate the challenges of using visible light as an excitation source for biological research.
    Sept. 11, 2024
    (Image credit: CREOL)
    FIGURE 1. Experimental setup: Second-harmonic generation (SHG); intrapulse difference frequency generation (IDFG); electro-optic sampling (EOS); λ/4 (quarter-wave plate); mid-infrared (MIR).
    Spectrometry system obtains absorption spectra of gaseous molecules over a spectral range of 1.5 to 45 THz, with up to 240,000 spectral data points in a single measurement spanning...
    Sept. 9, 2024
    (Photo credit: Photonic Devices Laboratory/Bilkent University)
    In the lab (left to right) with their setup: Professor Onur Tokel, Alperen Saltik, Rana Asgari Sabet, and Mehmet Bütün.
    Researchers send laser pulses deep into a silicon wafer to achieve controlled nanofabrication inside it—and feature sizes down to 100 nm—without altering its surface.
    Sept. 2, 2024
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    Dr. Anuradha Murthy Agarwal and Prof. Lionel C. Kimerling in the lab.
    An effort to cut waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with microchip manufacturing, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Dr. Anuradha Murthy Agarwal ...
    Aug. 22, 2024
    (Photo credit: Ayar Labs)
    Mark Wade, CEO and co-founder of Ayar Labs.
    Mark Wade, CEO and co-founder of Ayar Labs, discusses his career trajectory and what forged the path for the optical input/output (I/O) company.
    Aug. 19, 2024
    (Image credit: FlexEnable)
    FIGURE 1. Vergence-accommodation conflict.
    How do push-pull lenses improve augmented reality (AR) applications?
    Aug. 15, 2024
    (Image credit: Optotune)
    FIGURE 1. Example of an Optotune liquid lens—the EL-16-40-TC model with thermal compensation.
    How can liquid lenses help with early detection of this potentially life-threatening condition to save lives?
    Aug. 8, 2024
    (Image credit: Metalenz)
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    An optical revolution? Advancements in the design and manufacture of optical components leverages properties of metasurfaces and meta-optics to surpass traditional optical hardware...
    July 29, 2024
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