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A thin-film liquid-crystal heads-up display has been developed by one of the world’s largest automotive technology, systems and components suppliers, DENSO. The innovative heads-up display (HUD) has been designed to project critical driving information onto the windscreen for drivers, and...

A new imaging technology has been developed that can capture and count single photons with resolution as high as one megapixel and as fast as thousands of frames per second. Called the Quanta Image Sensor, or QIS, this technology enables...

All farmers want to keep an eye on their crops. Now scientists at a Chinese university have developed a wide-view imaging system that uses the fluorescence of chlorophyll to monitor the health of agricultural crops....

A compact spectroscopy instrument has been developed for use in planetary exploration. The system, called the standoff ultra-compact micro Raman (SUCR) instrument, is capable of inspection and identification of minerals, organics and biogenic materials within several centimeters (2 to 20...

In the daunting quest to build full-blown, universal quantum computers, capable of tackling problems beyond the reach of today’s classical machines, the creation of so-called quantum simulators has offered a tempting interim target....

Reaching speeds of up to 120 km per hour and covering an 80 km radius, a drone fitted with a photonic sensor can simultaneously detect dozens of toxic gasses in an instant. Critical air quality information is needed for deploying...

Researchers have demonstrated an optical paradox - they have made a completely transparent material appear perfectly light-absorbing. The results of their research contradict the idea that materials that look transparent, such as glass, appear that way because they have no...

MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples enables pathologists to assess high-resolution images of biopsies and other fresh tissue samples for disease within minutes, without requiring the time-consuming preparation of conventional slides or destroying the...

Scientists at DESY have developed novel lenses that enable X-ray microscopy with record resolution in the nanometre regime. Using new materials, the research team led by DESY scientist Sasa Bajt from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) has perfected...

A team of researchers at University College London (UCL) and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has developed a new optical ultrasound needle that can image heart tissue in real time during keyhole procedures. The technology has been used for...