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Nanocamera Inventor Develops Camera That Can See Around Corners

All through his childhood, Ramesh Raskar wished fervently for eyes in the back of his head. “I had the notion that the world did not exist if I wasn’t looking at it, so I would constantly turn around to see if it was there behind me.” Although this head-spinning habit faded during his teen years, Raskar never lost the desire to possess the widest possible field of vision.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 Oct 2014

New Nanoscale Structure Increases Brightness and Efficiency of Organic LEDs

Princeton University researchers have developed a new method to increase the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs, which are widely used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as becoming increasingly common in lighting.

26 Sep 2014

Novel Devices Capable of Redirecting Electromagnetic Waves with Close to 100% Efficiency

The Journal of Optics has devoted the front page of its special edition on Mid-infrared and THz Photonics to the work produced by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre researchers Víctor Pacheco-Peña, Víctor Torres, Miguel Beruete and Miguel Navarro-Cía (former student currently working at Imperial College London), together with Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania), one of the world's leading experts in metamaterials. In their research they have proposed various devices capable of redirecting electromagnetic waves with efficiency levels close to 100%.

25 Sep 2014

Case Center for Synchrotron Biosciences to Become No. 1 Beamline Facility for Biology

Case Western Reserve University’s synchrotron facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory is on its way to becoming the No. 1 beamline facility for biology in the world by early 2016, thanks to a jumpstart grant of $4.6 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

24 Sep 2014

Interaction of Light with DNA Amplified using Optical Microstructure and Gold Nanoparticles

Being able to track individual biomolecules and observe them at work is every biochemist’s dream. This would enable the scientists to research in detail and better understand the workings of the nanomachines of life, such as ribosomes and DNA polymerases. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have taken a big step closer to this goal.

23 Sep 2014

Greatest Nanoscale Achievements Displayed at 2014 Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility Annual Meeting

The latest and greatest scientific achievements at the nanoscale were on display at the 2014 Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) annual meeting, Sept. 18, which featured a lineup of speakers in materials science, biomedical engineering and more, and a research poster session and vendor show. Attendees also heard a brief update on the facility’s long-term future.

23 Sep 2014

New Technique to Build MoS2 Light Emitters Tuned to Different Frequencies

Chips that use light, rather than electricity, to move data would consume much less power — and energy efficiency is a growing concern as chips' transistor counts rise.

22 Sep 2014

Complementation Activated Light Microscopy Provides Nanoscale Insights into Biomolecule Behavior

Scientists at USC have developed a new microscopy technology that allows them to view single molecules in living animals at higher-than-ever resolution.

19 Sep 2014

Nanosensor Measures Experience of Sensation of Dryness in Wine

One sip of a perfectly poured glass of wine leads to an explosion of flavours in your mouth. Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have now developed a nanosensor that can mimic what happens in your mouth when you drink wine. The sensor measures how you experience the sensation of dryness in the wine.

18 Sep 2014

Nanoscale Analysis of Nature's Designs May Help Create Desired Features in Optics

"Nature has developed, very cleverly, some lessons on how to create the features that we desire in optical design," said Joseph Shaw, director of the Optical Technology Center at Montana State University. "As we explore surfaces and structures at the nanoscale, we'll discover them."

18 Sep 2014

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Nanocamera Inventor Develops Camera That Can See Around Corners

New Nanoscale Structure Increases Brightness and Efficiency of Organic LEDs

Novel Devices Capable of Redirecting Electromagnetic Waves with Close to 100% Efficiency

Case Center for Synchrotron Biosciences to Become No. 1 Beamline Facility for Biology

Interaction of Light with DNA Amplified using Optical Microstructure and Gold Nanoparticles

Greatest Nanoscale Achievements Displayed at 2014 Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility Annual Meeting

New Technique to Build MoS2 Light Emitters Tuned to Different Frequencies

Complementation Activated Light Microscopy Provides Nanoscale Insights into Biomolecule Behavior

Nanosensor Measures Experience of Sensation of Dryness in Wine

Nanoscale Analysis of Nature's Designs May Help Create Desired Features in Optics

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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