Holography, invented by Gabor, provides an approach for recording and reconstructing the complete information (i.e. intensity and phase) of the light from an object. Since its invention, holographic-related technologies have ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 31, 2023
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Researchers have developed a new way to study the intricate dynamics within living cells by using optically trapped nanodiamond particles as intracellular sensors. Using custom built optical tweezers, the research team trapped ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 30, 2023
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driving exponential growth in data transmission, and cost-effective, ultrafast, and compact optical communication technologies are urgently needed to manage the exploding data transmission ...
Nanophysics
Mar 16, 2023
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A team of researchers led by the University of Southampton has shown light can be moved within a distance which is smaller than its own wavelength—a level of unprecedented precision.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 2, 2023
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Tucked away in a small, dark room at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Brittani Schnable is on a fishing expedition.
Biotechnology
Mar 1, 2023
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Traditional viscometers rely on capillary flow, and falling balls are simple and effective means for measuring fluid viscosity over a large range. However, their low measurement throughput and lack of real-time monitoring ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 21, 2023
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New Cornell research is providing a fresh view into the ways a common chemotherapy agent, etoposide, stalls and poisons the essential enzymes that allow cancer cells to flourish.
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2023
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Researchers have developed a way to use laser light to pull a macroscopic object. Although microscopic optical tractor beams have been demonstrated before, this is one of the first times that laser pulling has been used on ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 11, 2023
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Although the human body is externally symmetric across the left-right axis, there are remarkable left-right asymmetries in the shape and positioning of most internal organs, including the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 5, 2023
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Interactions between a spinning object and soundwaves could help develop high-precision tools, such as tweezers that control the motion and position of submillimeter objects by manipulating acoustic waves, a KAUST-led international ...
General Physics
Dec 13, 2022
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