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12 Feb 25
Penn State wearable sensor tracks temperature and strain

Laser-induced graphene allows multimodal sensing for better health monitoring.

11 Feb 25
Heriot-Watt nanowire detector boosts lidar performance

Improved depth imaging and intensity will help security and defense applications.

05 Feb 25
University of Crete creates "uncrackable" optical encryption

Combination of holograms and AI enhances security for currencies, healthcare, communications.

03 Feb 25
Schott wins SPIE Catalyst Award for glass production trials with hydrogen gas

Industrial-scale first as 100% hydrogen used to produce optical glass without compromising quality.

23 Jan 25
Germany setting up first node for future quantum internet

Marking International Year of Quantum, Fraunhofer ILT to verify node and make first connections in country.

23 Jan 25
Trumpf and Schmid developing new process to cut cost of microchips

Combined laser etching process enables advanced packaging with glass instead of silicon.

22 Jan 25
HKUST develops smallest multifunctional biomedical imaging robot

Offers applications in interventional diagnosis, bio-sampling, drug delivery, and laser ablation.

21 Jan 25
Optical atomic clock achieves record accuracy redefining the second

Germany’s PTB develops clock that “ticks” at laser frequency 100,000x faster than microwave cesium clocks.

21 Jan 25
POSTECH AI turns photoacoustic images into higher resolution confocal data

Deep learning image transformation bridges the limitations of different modalities.

15 Jan 25
Stevens Institute extracts new details from OCT of heart development

Interactive software tool produces cutaway views of complex 3D structures.

13 Jan 25
imec makes silicon photonics laser ‘breakthrough’ on 300 mm wafers

First full wafer-scale fabrication of electrically-pumped GaAs-based “nano-ridge” lasers.

13 Jan 25
Photoacoustic gas sensing points to real-time environmental monitoring

University of Stuttgart speeds up quartz-enhanced photoacoustics to acquire data more rapidly.

 
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