With the aid of colloidal quantum dot technology, scientists have achieved tremendous advancements in developing high-intensity light emitters, producing dual-function devices with previously unheard-of brightness levels. This development puts practical quantum dot laser diodes closer to reality and has potential applications in integrated electronics, photonics, and medical diagnostics. To create high-intensity light emitters that are [..]

Scientists have created a new next-generation DNA sequencing method to find genetic changes in just one molecule. The procedure, known as Concatenating Original Duplex for Error Correction (CODEC), increases the accuracy of next-generation sequencing by about 1000 times and makes a variety of applications possible, including the reasonably priced detection of very small numbers of [..]

A solid-state electronic device array that can be used for compressive spectroscopy has been presented by researchers. It creates time-modulated light at tunable wavelengths. It needs a broadband multicolored light source and can be modulated at a certain frequency, which makes it simple to distinguish from surrounding light. Fabricating many LEDs on a single chip [..]

According to recent research, an artificial intelligence tool has successfully identified those at the greatest risk for pancreatic cancer up to three years before diagnosis. The researchers said the results indicate that AI-based population screening could be useful in identifying those at increased risk for the disease and could hasten the diagnosis of a disorder [..]

Scientists have produced two-dimensional photonic time crystals that amplify light and could be used to advance laser and wireless technology. Researchers have discovered a method for making these crystals and demonstrated that these strange, artificial substances could enhance the light that shines on them. These discoveries could result in better lasers and more effective and [..]

From plastic surgery for cosmetic reconstruction to the creation of artificial organs, three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is frequently used in our lives. However, due to their innate rheological and structural characteristics, many biopolymers, including nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and proteins, are difficult to form into a desirable 3D shape at the submicron- or nanoscale. A team of [..]

Researchers have created a new technique for producing 3D holographic projections that are realistic; it is three orders of magnitude more advanced than the most advanced technology now available. The researchers overcome some of the long-standing drawbacks of existing digital holographic systems by creating a novel method for creating realistic holograms. The team was able [..]

Researchers have outlined current developments in developing moiré photonics and optoelectronics. Moiré superlattices are artificial quantum materials created by vertically stacking two or more two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with a little lattice mismatch and/or a slight rotational twist. They present a potential landscape with a length scale much wider than the crystal periodicity of the [..]

Continuous-wave light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems may benefit from a new ultrafast tunable laser based on low-loss lithium niobate integrated photonics. The device outperforms earlier similar lasers in terms of laser linewidth and has a high rate of frequency adjusting. The substantial optical signal losses and volatile nature of today’s programmable photonic integrated circuits [..]

Researchers have created a novel method to swiftly pinpoint the precise electrochemical processes occurring in batteries and supercapacitors of different compositions. This innovation could hasten the development of more effective energy storage technologies. The innovative approach developed by the researchers provides a technique to track the placement and motion of ions from electrolyte to electrode [..]

To achieve previously unreachable data transfer speeds, a research team has succeeded in optically switching a light signal at attosecond rates. One quintillionth of a second is an attosecond. Using all-optical switching of a light signal on and off to achieve data transfer speeds more than a petahertz, measured at the attosecond time scale, is [..]

A study claims that artificial intelligence could speed up the diagnosis and treatment of gliomas by making it possible to check for genetic alterations in dangerous brain tumors in less than 90 seconds. DeepGlioma is an AI-based diagnostic screening system that employs fast imaging to examine tumor specimens obtained during an operation and find genetic [..]

In a recent study, researchers created a novel technique for using angular momentum (AM) holography for information multiplexing. Low resolution and a narrow field of view are drawbacks of holography based on standard optical components like spatial light modulators (SLM), which limit its practical uses. However, by substituting metasurfaces for the traditional parts, scientists can [..]

A recent study provided crucial insights into the mechanism mediating brain metastasis using state-of-the-art in-vitro microfluidic technology.  Options for therapy are limited when cancer spreads to the brain. Most drugs made to fight metastases either cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier or are ineffective against brain metastases. According to the lead researcher, “understanding how cancer cells [..]

By observing atoms in space, a study team will develop technology and tools to enhance the measurement of significant climate factors. They will concentrate on quantum technology called quantum sensing, which could be used to gather more precise data and allow previously unheard-of scientific measurements. These sensors could aid spacecraft in orbit in gathering information [..]

For use in biomedical research, the Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center (HMTRC) creates and makes hyperpolarized (HP) 13C MR techniques, instrumentation, specialized data acquisition techniques, and analysis tools available. A new molecular imaging method called hyperpolarized 13C MRI offers unheard-of data on tissue metabolism. Advancement of precision molecular imaging and addressing unmet clinical requirements in [..]

Researchers have created new imaging technology that can generate 3D maps in real-time and across the full surface of the uterus during labor, revealing the magnitude and distribution of uterine contractions. This technology, which builds on imaging techniques long used to image the heart, can image uterine contractions noninvasively and in much more detail than [..]

A research team used a microresonator’s two optical and two mechanical modes to show nonreciprocal routing between modes with different frequencies through radiation pressure force. Systems for processing information and performing detection based on photons and phonons often include optical and acoustic nonreciprocal devices. Although magnetically induced nonreciprocity is frequently used in optical devices, device [..]

Researchers’ simulations of ice-cold electron beams may open the door to shrinking X-ray free-electron lasers (X-FELs) to a small portion of their present dimensions. X-FELs, also known as “engines of discovery,” transform the kinetic energy of an electron beam into strong photon bursts that extend down to hard X-ray wavelengths. For hot-dense matter research, resolving [..]

Researchers discovered that one application of half-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT) targeting the fovea helped treat patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) structurally and functionally, and they did not experience foveal atrophy. To ascertain the impact of this therapeutic approach, the study team conducted a retrospective analysis of data from patients with chronic CSC who [..]