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  • Usually, metals expand when they are heated Credit TU Wien

    The metal that does not expand

    Most metals expand when their temperature rises. The Eiffel Tower, for example, is around 10 to 15 centimetres taller in summer than in winter due to its thermal expansion. However, this effect is extremely undesirable for many...
  • Revolutionary millimeter-wave sensor MWS developed to non-invasively monitor respiratory motion during diagnostic X-ray and CT scans The sensor tracks respiratory cycles and confirms breath-holding, ensuring enhanced image quality during both imaging and
  • The developed semiconductor bioimage sensor Credit COPYRIGHTCTOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • Artistic representation showing how the newly developed techniqueUltrafast Dark-field Momentum Microscopyallows both bright excitons shown in red and dark excitons shown in blue to be analysed CREDIT LUCAS KROLL

    A look into the dark

    How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen is helping to find answers to questions like this with a new technique. For the first time,...
  • An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope VLT The galaxy has a distance of 47 million light-years and is one of the nearest galaxies with an active galactic nucleus

    Unprecedented View of Black Hole in Action

    Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes, enormous amounts of energy are released, making active galactic nuclei, or AGN, one of the most...
  • Artists concept illustration of a photonic memory array Credit Brian Long
  • BIOGLASS MENAGERIE Graduate student Lynn Sidor prepares bacteria cells that will self-assemble their own glass coating using enzymes from sea sponges Sidor is working with biologist Anne Meyer and colleagues in optics and physics to create tiny, bacteria-

    Can Sea Sponge Biology Transform Imaging Technology?

    Beneath the ocean’s surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as they are strong. These natural structures are made of a material called silica—also known...
  • The intensity shaper can convert an input Gaussian beam to precisely direct light, as in a smiley light distribution Precision arrangement of voxels is achieved using ultrafast direct laser writing c Each voxel is a micron-sized element with b a specific

    Ultrafast Laser Method Assists in Directing Light

    Photonic technologies and applications often require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions such as in optical computing, fiber imaging, data transport and quantum technologies. To be useful, the shape and direction of light must be...
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  • Microscopic photo of PA12, a marine microplastic pollutant Credit Wen et al doi 1011171OE623034102
  • Visualization of the microscope tip exposing material to terahertz light The colors on the material represent the light-scattering data, and the red and blue lines represent the terahertz waves CREDIT U S Department of Energy Ames National Lab

    Terahertz Microscopy Explores New Material for Solar Cells

    A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory gained insight into a possible alternative material for solar cells. The team, led by Jigang Wang, senior scientist from Ames Lab, developed a microscope that uses...
  • lungs

    Gaps noted in lung cancer diagnostics and treatment

    Lung cancer is most common cancer in men and the 2nd most common cancer in women according to World Cancer Research Fund International. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death overall and among both men and women, according to the American...
  • Zebrafish larva Credit Kevin Zhou Duke University

    Advances in Optical Coherence Tomography

    Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses light for cross sectional imaging and is most commonly used for medical diagnostics, but it also has uses in applications such as analyzing paint on automobiles, nondestructive testing, and more. The global...
  • Brain research

    Brain Research Advances with Light-Based Technologies

    Common methods of brain imaging present many challenges: some are invasive, others may contain harmful radiation, and many are difficult to use or require the patient to remain absolutely still throughout the process.  Today researchers are...

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