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Non-Ablative Fractional Lasers Fighting Colorectal Cancer
Non-Ablative Fractional Lasers Fighting Colorectal Cancer
A group of South Korean researchers recently published research revealing a new and innovative way to treat colorectal cancer and precancerous tissues using non-ablative fractional lasers (NAFLs). This new ...
Confocal Microscope on Smartphones: Skin Disease Diagnosis
Confocal Microscope on Smartphones: Skin Disease Diagnosis
Researchers from around the world came together to develop a low-cost smartphone confocal microscope for imaging human skin in vivo. The team’s main concern: disease diagnosis in low- and middle-income ...
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Researchers at Cornell, Colorado State, and Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories believe ultrafast fiber lasers could hold an abundance of untapped potential. The collaborative research team published a proposal ...
Large Area Metalens: Wafer-Thin Design with Huge Impact
Large Area Metalens: Wafer-Thin Design with Huge Impact
Engineers at Harvard University have published their proposal for a large area lens design that addresses the high-demand of the technological age. With a nod to Moore’s Law, they sought to unify two ...
Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography (FFOCT): The Future of Corneal Disease Diagnosis
Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography (FFOCT): The Future of Corneal Disease Diagnosis
A new study presents a novel approach to imaging the human cornea. The research team at the Langevin Institute in Paris says their optical coherence tomography device is the first capable of full-field in ...
New Optical Tweezers Technique Revamps Single Cell Experimentation
New Optical Tweezers Technique Revamps Single Cell Experimentation
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK have developed a new design for optical tweezers using a single diode-coupled multicore fiber. The novel method promises a much more flexible ...
Futuristic Farming: Photonics Technologies in Land and Crops
Futuristic Farming: Photonics Technologies in Land and Crops
Photonics Technologies in Farming Farmers everywhere face the same daunting task: the world population is growing at an exponential rate, and food supply has to keep up. There is practical limits to a ...
Anti-Reflective Coatings: Invention Through Current Industry Applications
Anti-Reflective Coatings: Invention Through Current Industry Applications
Introduction Everyone knows or heard about UV or anti-reflective coatings on lenses and filters but what are they really and what distinguishes anti-reflective coatings from other types of coatings? We ...
Optimizing Your Setup: How to Choose Optical Posts and Post Holders
Optimizing Your Setup: How to Choose Optical Posts and Post Holders
Introduction to Mounting Systems Every piece of an optical setup is vital. Every optical component requires an optomechanical system to hold, aim, and adjust the device. The most basic system includes a ...
Adaptive Optics: Improving Optical Systems Across Disciplines
Adaptive Optics: Improving Optical Systems Across Disciplines
Introduction to Adaptive Optics Anyone who has ever driven down the road on a hot day has probably noticed steam radiating off the pavement. However, if you looked closely enough, the steam was actually ...