Study of living eye in real time now possible with optics technology
HOUSTON, Feb. 16, 2003 - A new optics technology is providing scientists with real-time ...researchers are using a technology called adaptive optics to peer inside the eyes of human subjects and for the first time get clear, sharp images of features...The frontier of microelectronics: Building nano-machines, part by part
...ic circuits, this could bring some advancement for optics as communications conduits, Hu said. The organ pipe concept might be comparable to the similar technological advantage that allows us to have personal computers or cell phones that are growing smaller and smaller. In those kinds of electronics, "The......authored by Cornell researchers Michael Levene, an optics specialist and postdoctoral associate in applied and engineering physics; Jonas Korlach, a biologist who is a graduate student in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology; and Stephen Turner, a nanofabrication specialist and former postdoctoral assoc...American Physical Society March Meeting 2003
...gh-resolution imaging techniques that employ fiber optics and light. The wavelengths of near-infrared and visible light, in the micron range and below, enable imaging of structures on those size scales. Working with Brett Bouma and Guillermo Tearney at Wellman Labs in Massachusetts General Hospital, Iftimia...Miniature implantable sensor likely lifesaver for patients
...s research is based on several key developments in optics and micro-fabrication that have far-reaching implications for future directions in a multitude of clinically significant biomedical sensing systems," Ericson said. "Through these innovations, biomedical microsensors are poised to make major technolog...NSF establishes center for biophotonics at UC Davis
...ctor of the new center and an expert on lasers and optics at LLNL. "I can only look at cellular functions in past time. That's because scientists have to take a cell out of an organism, freeze, stain and slice it before it can be viewed under a microscope. That doesn't give a clear enough picture of what's...Awards of the Netherlands greatest prize for science
...endijk (1947) is situated at the interface between optics and solid state physics. He carries out research into how light beams travel through materials, and especially those materials which make the propagation of light waves extremely difficult, such as paint. In 1985 he discovered the phenomenon of incre...Carbon nanotubes found to fluoresce
...ay that could be useful for engineers in the fiber optics industry....UC Berkeley researchers are developing a microsized microscope that can peek inside living cells
...OEMS. Invented by Lee, BioPOEMS marry the world of optics to that of microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, for use in biological applications. The size and sensitivity of the micro-CIA would allow technicians to quickly test even trace amounts of anthrax or smallpox in the field. It could become a cruci...New sensor being designed to detect, identify invisible agents faster
...ars, including Sarafs research. The center employs optics to provide new biological research tools for visualization, measurement, analysis, and manipulation. Saraf began working with the institute on the recommendation of Bill Spillman, OSER director. OSER provided the seed money for Sarafs work on the DNA...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
...rsity. Karl Leos research focuses on semiconductor optics and the physics of thin organic layers. His earlier work on the generation and detection of coherent oscillations in semiconductors has opened up new possibilities for ultra-short-time spectroscopy. In addition, he has successfully realised new conce...Both shape and size matter in tiny world of nanoparticles
...for applications not only in detection but also in optics and electronics. In nanotechnology, researchers ar...aterials holds promise for electronics, materials, optics and catalysis....Researchers find 'north pole' of the molecular world
...appen," says Lukas Novotny, assistant professor of optics at the University of Rochester. "Were working now ... pioneered by Thomas Brown, associate professor of optics at the University. Regular light has linear polarization, which means it essentially vibrates within......ertise of Penn physicist Arjun G. Yodh in advanced optics and laser physics, together with investigators research in neuromorphic engineering and neuroscience, the Penn researchers hope to develop a new means of optical imaging of large local cell populations. Bioengineer Kwabena Boahen, an expert on elect...An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...al applications used in semiconductor electronics, optics and biosystems, their invention involves the direct patterning of functional materials through a purely additive process. Additionally, its multi-layer functional devices cover very large areas quickly and efficiently. Balaji Srinivasan -- University...UB establishes institute for research on lasers, photonics and biophotonics
...medical lasers Sensor technologies Fiber optics Imaging and display technologies High-density data storage Optical coatings and solar energy panels Medical and dental imaging and diagnostics Bioinformatics Laser-activated treatments Photodynamic cancer therapies...Sandia-developed remote sensor expected to analyze gases up to two miles away
...olychromator, the device will use a combination of optics andmicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to determ...a functioning Polychromatorprototype. They have an optics package in-hand and are waiting on the productionof a refined prototype chip from Honeywell and elec...National Science Board approves five new NSF Science and Technology Centers
...applications in healthcare. A center for adaptive optics (led by University of California at SantaCruz) will explore how to correct for a range of visual distortions that willimpact fields in astronomy through opthamology. A behavioral neurosciencecenter (led by Emory University in Atlanta) will attempt t...X-Ray Concentrator Will Expand Window On High-Energy Universe
...the principal investigator for the capillary X-ray optics project atNASA/Marshall. Professors Walter Gibson ...bserves in the 0.1 to 10 keV range. CapillaryX-ray optics will extend the observable range from 10 to 80 keV range. Blueprints for proteins Improved drug......sation-induced changes in the fields of mechanics, optics and chargetransfer as well as changes in ferroelectric and magnetic behaviour. Thisincludes optoelectronic semiconductor structures, micromechanical actuators andsensors, molecular films as well as biomedical processes. In many areas of engineering, ...