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09 Apr 25
NIST discovers that novel crystal form boosts strength of 3D-printed metal

Quasicrystals formed in an icosahedron shape reinforce laser-printed aluminum airplane parts.

08 Apr 25
Fraunhofer HHI and Japan’s NICT launch optical testbed ‘data space’

OTDS platform is intended to develop AI and machine learning models for optical networks.

02 Apr 25
Liquid-crystal platform overcomes optical losses in photonic circuits

Can manipulate optical modes in free-space 2D setup, advancing quantum simulations and AI systems.

02 Apr 25
Georgia Tech thermal imaging captures patient's vital signs in detail

Phasor thermography method opens new possibilities for early disease detection.

01 Apr 25
Arizona sharpens imaging for eye-tracking

Deflectometry technique promises a wide range of applications.

27 Mar 25
US researchers capture first laser-based CT scans of dense objects

Colorado team uses compact sourceof X-rays to create high-res images of gas turbine blade.

27 Mar 25
Terahertz wave control for enhanced wireless and biomedical technology

A new patterned spintronic emitter enables room-temperature control of terahertz wave polarization.

26 Mar 25
Chinese researchers claim ‘breakthrough’ in deep UV laser technology

Scientists at CAS develop compact, solid-state laser system that generates 193-nm coherent vortex beam.

26 Mar 25
Columbia develops 3D photonics system with ‘record’ performance for AI…

…while Rochester’s RAM Photonics launches fiber array for AI connectivity.

26 Mar 25
Novel interferometer controls light frequency, intensity, and mode

Capasso Group at Harvard SEAS invents multimodal light manipulator that “could replace beam-splitting waveguides.”

24 Mar 25
Ruhr University Bochum improves hyperspectral monitoring of the environment

Near-IR technique spots microplastics and monitors water uptake of plants.

20 Mar 25
Max Planck Institute develops hollow-core fiber that guides vortices by helicity

Potential applications are in optical communications, chiral sensing, and vortex mode generation.

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