News articles tagged with 'laser'
A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams
— 2 Dec 2011 10:56 | TechnologyExisting coherent ultraviolet light sources are power hungry, bulky and expensive. University of Michigan researchers have found a better way to build compact ultraviolet sources with…
Berkeley Lab researchers make first perovskite-based superlens for the infrared
— 30 Mar 2011 16:22 | TechnologySuperlenses earned their superlative by being able to capture the 'evanescent' light waves that blossom close to an illuminated surface and never travel far enough to be 'seen' by a…
New laser technology prepares to revolutionise communications
— 29 Mar 2011 16:37 | TechnologyAs fibre optic technology continues to advance, it faces challenges from both its physical properties and its use of infrastructure. One emerging high-speed solution being developed…
New laser technique opens doors for drug discovery
— 15 Mar 2011 20:02 | HealthA new laser technique has demonstrated that it can measure the interactions between proteins tangled in a cell's membrane and a variety of other biological molecules. These extremely…
Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet
— 15 Mar 2011 19:50 | TechnologyA new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet…
Fast laser could revolutionise data communications
— 5 Mar 2011 13:45 | TechnologyResearchers at Chalmers in Sweden have shown that a surface emitting laser - a cheaper and more energy-efficient type of laser for fibre optics than conventional lasers - can deliver…
Optical tweezers software now available for the iPad
— 4 Mar 2011 16:06 | TechnologyOptics researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Bristol have developed an iPad application for accurate, easy and intuitive use of optical tweezers…
JQI physicists demonstrate coveted 'spin-orbit coupling' in atomic gases
— 3 Mar 2011 14:17 | PhysicsPhysicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park, have for the…
New kind of optical fibre developed
— 2 Mar 2011 12:58 | ChemistryA team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fibre made with a core of zinc selenide - a light-yellow…
Surgical instruments with electronic serial numbers
— 1 Mar 2011 19:00 | HealthBe it a heart transplant or a caesarean section, every operation requires a wide variety of surgical instruments, from simple retractors, clamps, scalpels and scissors to more specialist…