Sensitive sensors must be isolated from their environment as much as possible to avoid disturbances. Scientists at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated how to remove from and add elementary charges to a nanosphere that can be ...
Nanophysics
Jun 28, 2017
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If you've ever tried to take a picture in a dark restaurant, you know that it is difficult to get a clear, quality image. In the future, cameras might not struggle under these conditions thanks to a newly developed method ...
Optics & Photonics
May 30, 2017
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Using a tiny device known as an optical antenna, researchers have created an X-ray sensor that is integrated onto the end of an optical fiber just a few tens of microns in diameter. By detecting X-rays at an extremely small ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 28, 2017
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More efficient sensors are needed to be able to detect environmental pollution. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have proposed a new, sophisticated method of detecting molecules with sensors based on ultra-thin ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 15, 2017
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A research group including members from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science has developed a real-time fiber-optic distributed sensing system for strain and temperature. The system ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2016
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Synaptics today announced an industry-first family of Natural ID biometric authentication solutions that leverage high-performance, highly secure optical-based fingerprint sensors for smartphones and tablets. The new Synaptics ...
Hardware
Dec 14, 2016
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Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have developed an innovative optical sensor using conventional tape, a low-cost and flexible material that can be easily acquired at stationery shops. It can detect ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 12, 2016
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has created the world's first hyperspectral mobile device by converting an iPhone camera into a new kind of optical sensor. This will bring the new possibilities of low-cost spectral ...
Engineering
Nov 24, 2016
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For well over a decade, electrical engineer Holger Schmidt has been developing devices for optical analysis of samples on integrated chip-based platforms, with applications in areas such as biological sensors, virus detection, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 14, 2016
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Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both of which are reflected in blood glucose concentrations. Now, researchers are working to create ultrasensitive lab-on-a-chip devices to ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 28, 2016
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