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10 Oct 22
Fluorescence imaging offers more effective tumor removal

Washington University in St. Louis dual wavelength approach gives quantitative details of tumor depth.

06 Oct 22
Solar energy harvesting system offers potential to generate power ‘24/7’

University of Houston discovery claimed to break solar harvesting efficiency record.

06 Oct 22
Jena-based group develops novel heart valves and pumps

Fraunhofer IOF, startup NovaPump, and Jena University Hospital’s “pump cage” is cut out of a thin metal tube by laser.

05 Oct 22
Beam shaper fabricated on optical fiber offers new route to tailored light

Soreq Nuclear Research Center uses 3D laser printing to create tiny optical device.

30 Sep 22
Laser crystallization process cuts wires and soldering in MEMS

Focus of new development project at Fraunhofers ILT (lasers), IST (thin films), and ISIT (silicon).

29 Sep 22
EPFL and CSEM open advanced manufacturing center in Switzerland

“M2C” intends to address micro-technological challenges faced by industry, including laser 3D printing.

29 Sep 22
Observing catalytic reactions with 3 different microscopies simultaneously

TU Vienna and FHI Berlin say new information is obtained – that none of the methods alone could reveal.

28 Sep 22
First light at University of Michigan’s ‘Zeus’ laser

Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System is most powerful in the US.

28 Sep 22
Optical fiber sensor spots spinal curvature

University of Tabriz employs three-core fiber to measure magnitude and direction of curve.

15 Sep 22
Huge gratings promise 50PW pulses

Lawrence Livermore collaboration says its meter-scale pulse compression gratings offer a route to unprecedented laser power.

14 Sep 22
Rice researchers’ formula identifies materials for virtual reality, 3D displays

By manipulating light at the nanoscale and breaking the so-called Moss Rule.

13 Sep 22
Diamond voltage imaging microscope offers new views of neural circuitry

University of Melbourne device could reveal details about neurodegenerative diseases.

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