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Lightelligence Puts New Chip Through Its Paces

Stewart Wills | 15 December 2021

The early-stage company showed off an upgraded photonic–electronic computing platform by setting it to work on a class of difficult computational problems. read more  

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Light Provides Hints of Quantum Sound

Edwin Cartlidge | 15 December 2021

Experiments involving optical microresonators take a step toward characterization and control of acoustic quantum states—potentially useful for future memory devices. read more  

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Rockley Photonics Tests Body Temperature Sensor

Sarah Michaud | 13 December 2021

The photonics-based health monitoring and communications company announced completion of preliminary human studies for a wearable sensor that measures core body temperature. read more  

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3D Imaging Through Hair-Thin Optical Fiber

Stewart Wills | 12 December 2021

Approach that combines wavefront shaping and lidar techniques enables 3D views of scenes through a single strand of fiber—at near-video frame rates. read more  

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A Clearer View of Bats in the Wild

Sarah Michaud | 09 December 2021

Researchers combine thermal, ultrasonic, and near-infrared sensing in a non-invasive method for studying the flying mammals—enabling more informed conservation science. read more  

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Soft “Steam Engines” Powered by Light

Patricia Daukantas | 08 December 2021

Researchers envision that miniature paddling robots, energized and controlled either by natural or artificial light, might someday be used to sop up oil or chemicals in polluted waters. read more  

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Supercharging Optical-Disk Capacity

Stewart Wills | 06 December 2021

Team’s work increases the potential practicality of spectral-hole burning, a data storage technique that might someday enable plastic disks holding hundreds of terabytes each. read more  

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Lasers and Nanoparticles Open Blood–Brain Barrier

Mara Johnson-Groh | 02 December 2021

Technique could help deliver targeted medical treatments across the brain’s otherwise largely drug-impermeable gatekeeper. read more  

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Tiny Resonators Modulate Visible Light

Edwin Cartlidge | 01 December 2021

Energy-efficient devices could be exploited in quantum and neural technology. read more  

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Research/Industry Partnership on Climate Telescope

Sarah Michaud | 29 November 2021

German research institutions and their industry spinoffs cooperate on imaging and satellite technology for improved climate change monitoring. read more