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Nanoparticles Self-Assemble to Harvest Solar Energy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – Solar-thermal technology is a promising environmentally friendly energy harvesting method with a potential role to play in solving the fossil fuel energy […]

Optical Fiber Imaging Method Advances Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 – An optical fiber as thin as a strand of hair holds promise for use in minimally invasive deep-tissue studies of patients’ brains […]

Detecting, Exploiting Non-Line-of-Sight Paths for Terahertz Signals in Wireless Communications

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2021 — If a base station in a local area network tries to use a directional beam to transmit a signal to a user […]

Using Holographic Endoscopes to Observe Distant Objects

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2021 — Scientists are developing tools to observe the biological machinery in in vivo animal models to be able to understand and better treat […]

Moving Precision Communication, Metrology, Quantum Applications from Lab to Chip

WASHINGTON, February 11, 2020 — The field of photonic integration — the area of photonics in which waveguides and devices are fabricated as an integrated system onto […]

Turning Light Energy into Heat to Fight Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 17, 2019 — An emerging technology involving tiny particles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several […]

Using Light to Speed Up Computation

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 24, 2019 — A group of researchers in Japan has developed a new type of processor known as PAXEL, a device that can potentially […]

Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry Inspires New Design for Optical Tools, Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 17, 2019 — In a kaleidoscope, mirrors are placed at angles to create a visual illusion of multiple, symmetric images from one original object. […]

Miniaturizing Medical Imaging, Sensing Technology

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 17, 2019 – Scientists in Christine Hendon’s and Michal Lipson’s research groups at Columbia University, New York, have used a microchip to map the […]