Hyperspectral Imaging Foundation

03/02/2019

Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.

09/28/2018

On September 26, 2018, the German government decided to fund the development of quantum technologies in Germany with €650 million within the current legislation period. This comes on top of the €1 billion European flagship initiative on quantum technologies: https://goo.gl/18Ea6Q

07/10/2018

The oldest color in the world is bright pink and originated in a type of bacteria that lived 1.1 billion years ago, according to new evidence in the geological record.

06/28/2017

“The work was inspired by the discovery that nature may have optimized — with subnanometer precision — the size of the molecules driving the bioluminescence of jellyfish to allow them to shine as brightly as possible,” he said. “We have calculated that the green fluorescent protein molecule — the molecule allowing certain jellyfish to emit bright green light — has just the right size to strike an optimal balance between not losing energy to unproductive quenching and being able to squeeze as many molecules as possible into the light-emitting cells of the animal.”

Previously, polariton lasers have been proven to be unsuitable for real-world applications because of the cryogenic temperatures they require to work effectively. However, the St. Andrews GFP polariton laser can be operated at room temperature."

A polariton laser based on lab-grown, fluorescent jellyfish proteins could impact the fabrication of artificial optical devices, advance the field of

02/10/2016

After more than 300 years of looking, scientists have figured out how bacteria "see" their world. And they do it in a remarkably similar way to us.

12/13/2015

By converting sunlight into usable energy, solar thermal devices could become an important part of a sustainable future.

12/13/2015

Exciting Nano-particles Using Laser Light

12/13/2015

This action can be harnessed to create motion just from the pressure of the reflected light.

12/13/2015

(Phys.org)—In organic semiconductor materials, there has always been a tradeoff between the ability to emit light and the ability to conduct a charge, as measured by the charge carrier mobility. Now for the first time, scientists from China and the UK have designed and synthesized a new type of orga…

12/13/2015

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with the University of California has found a way to pick out a single short radio signal burst among a barrage of background noise. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their technique, how it works, how accurate it is and the po…

12/13/2015

University of Maryland (UMD) researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in graphene research that could provide a testbed for understanding how electrons move in extremely high magnetic fields. Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has become a celebrity in the materials science and physics worl…

12/13/2015

New Research Explores Using Silicon Doping to Increase Thermal Efficiencies