Editor’s Picks

1. Scientists Develop Safer Lead-Based Perovskite Solar Cell 2/19/2020

   Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, are reporting today (Feb. 19) in the journal Nature on a potential breakthrough in the development of hybrid perovskite solar cells.

2. Army Scientists Create Innovative Quantum Sensor 3/19/2020

   A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency spectrum, from 0 to 100 GHz, said researchers from the Army.

3. Columbia Team Discovers New Way To Control The Phase Of Light Using 2D Materials 2/24/2020

   Optical manipulation on the nano-scale, or nanophotonics, has become a critical research area, as researchers seek ways to meet the ever-increasing demand for information processing and communications.

4. Stanford Researchers Shine Light On The Defects Responsible For Messy Behavior In Quantum Materials 2/24/2020

   In a future built on quantum technologies, planes and spaceships could be fueled by the momentum of light. Quantum computers will crunch through complex problems spanning chemistry to cryptography with greater speed and energy efficiency than existing processors.

5. 5mm Diameter Motor Is Powered Directly With Light 2/19/2020

   Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, with colleagues from Poland and China used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a rotary micromotor powered with light.

6. Having An Eye For Colors: Printable Light Sensors 2/19/2020

   Cameras, light barriers, and movement sensors have one thing in common: They work with light sensors that are already found in many applications. In future, these sensors might also play an important role in telecommunications, as they enable data transmission via light.

7. Mirrored Chip Could Enable Handheld Dark-Field Microscopes 2/24/2020

   Do a Google search for dark-field images, and you’ll discover a beautifully detailed world of microscopic organisms set in bright contrast to their midnight-black backdrops.

8. High-Speed Microscope Captures Fleeting Brain Signals 3/19/2020

   Electrical and chemical signals flash through our brains constantly as we move through the world, but it would take a high-speed camera and a window into the brain to capture their fleeting paths.

9. Nature: Microscope Looks Into Cells Of Living Fish 5/15/2012

   Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms.

10. Snake Creek Lasers Announces New MicroGreen Laser With Automatic Power Control 9/11/2008
    Snake Creek Lasers, LLC, has recently announced a new version of its MicroGreen Series with integrated photo detector. When engaged in a feedback loop, this laser can be set to maintain constant output power up to 8 mW TEM00 allowing designers to offer illumination solutions that operate over more than 30° C of change in ambient temperature.