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Microscopic Devices Enable Manipulation of Infrared Light at High Speed

A device that looks like a tiny washboard may clean the clocks of current commercial products used to manipulate infrared light.

17 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Supercharged Atoms Using X-Ray Laser

Supercharging is a technique no longer confined to automotive enthusiasts.

16 Nov 2012

MIT Researchers Fabricate 3D Lightweight Metamaterial Lens

In many respects, metamaterials are supernatural. These manmade materials, with their intricately designed structures, bend electromagnetic waves in ways that are impossible for materials found in nature.

16 Nov 2012

Innovative Nanoscale Polymer Layer Lens Nearly Identical to Human Eye Lens

Drawing heavily upon nature for inspiration, a team of researchers has created a new artificial lens that is nearly identical to the natural lens of the human eye. This innovative lens, which is made up of thousands of nanoscale polymer layers, may one day provide a more natural performance in implantable lenses to replace damaged or diseased human eye lenses, as well as consumer vision products; it also may lead to superior ground and aerial surveillance technology.

14 Nov 2012

Huge Success for Vacuum Expo and Photonex 2012 - Dates Announced for 2013

The third Vacuum Expo event was the biggest and best event in the series to date. Many exhibitors said they had an excellent event with increased prospect numbers and plenty of high quality discussions taking place on their stands. Post show analysis has confirmed this visitor growth to be 30%.

7 Nov 2012

Virus Particle-Sized Plasmonic Nanolasers Operate at Room Temperature

A Northwestern University research team has found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room temperature. These plasmonic nanolasers could be readily integrated into silicon-based photonic devices, all-optical circuits and nanoscale biosensors.

6 Nov 2012

Nanoscale Patterning Can Change the Color of Gold

Red gold, green gold – a ground-breaking initiative has found a way of changing the colour of the world's most iconic precious metal.

26 Oct 2012

New Facilities to Explore Neurotechnology and Nanobiophotonics at INRS

Professors Tiago Falk and Fiorenzo Vetrone of INRS (Energy, Materials, and Telecommunications Centre) will soon have new facilities available for exploring the world of neurotechnology and nanobiophotonics.

20 Oct 2012

Advanced Atom Optics for Detection of Theoretically Predicted Gravitational Waves

A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic events including even the Big Bang itself.

19 Oct 2012

Researchers Color Gold Films with Nanometer-Thick Layers of Germanium

In Harvard's Pierce Hall, the surface of a small germanium-coated gold sheet shines vividly in crimson. A centimeter to the right, where the same metallic coating is literally only about 20 atoms thicker, the surface is a dark blue, almost black. The colors form the logo of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), where researchers have demonstrated a new way to customize the color of metal surfaces by exploiting a completely overlooked optical phenomenon.

15 Oct 2012