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Super-Twisted Light and 'HD Video Holography'

Various methods of scattering light and its potential applications in scientific and industrial procedures are taking the world by storm. The two most recent developments that have caught attention are, the formation of ...

9 Nov 2010

"Laser Targeting" for Nanoscale Microscopy:

The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it's more like the difference between finding the coffee table in a darkened room either by walking around until you fall over it, or using a flashlight.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 9 Nov 2010

Relativistic Transparency in Plasma Has Potential to Function Like Optical Switch

Just like an electrical switch allows the flow of electricity into electrical circuits, relativistic transparency in plasma can act like a fast optical switch allowing the flow of light through otherwise opaque plasma. ...

9 Nov 2010

Researchers Successfully Store Quantum Information Using Two Entangled Light Beams

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in storing quantum information using two 'entangled' light beams.

9 Nov 2010

Agilent Technologies, Wyss Institute to Advance Genome Engineering and Nanobiotechnology

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University today announced an agreement to work together to develop innovative tools, technologies and instruments that will advance human health and improve the environment.

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 9 Nov 2010

Major Advance in 3D Holographic Imaging Technology

Remember the Star Wars scene in which R2D2 projects a three-dimensional image of a troubled Princess Leia delivering a call for help to Luke Skywalker and his allies? What used to be science fiction is now close to becoming reality thanks to a breakthrough in 3D holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.

8 Nov 2010