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Terahertz pulsed imaging checks tablets

22 May 2013
Terahertz pulsed imaging has been used to research the layer separation of pharmaceutical tablets

Holography is hot topic for firefighters

8 May 2013
A team of Italian researchers has developed a new imaging technique that uses infrared digital holography to allow firefighters to see through smoke and flames

European Earth observation satellite Proba-V uses photonics technology

8 May 2013
The European Space agency's Earth observation microsatellite Proba-V is using photonics technology with image sensors from UK firm e2v and Belgian company Xenics' short wave infrared indium gallium arsenide detectors

TeraView's terahertz system to help in fight against tumours

20 March 2013
The University of Arkansas has installed a terahertz imaging system for a variety of research fields including breast cancer imaging and fabrication of nanoscale materials

Spectroscopy puts heat on cryopreservation errors

News image15 March 2013
Researchers have used spectroscopy to demonstrate a powerful, Raman-scattering technique for monitoring and investigating cryopreserved samples

Stellar vision with ellipitcal low light mirror

News image8 March 2013
Germany's Kiepenheuer Institut fur Sonnenphysik (KIS), an institute for solar research with ground-based telescopes, has improved its Tenerife-based observatory with an elliptical mirror

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Greg Blackman describes various uses of photodynamic therapy, from treating drug-resistant bacteria and blanching port-wine stain birthmarks, to enhancing drug delivery inside the body

Electro Optics coverPrinting at the extreme

Immersion lithography has all but reached the limit of how small it can print features on silicon chips. Extreme UV lithography promises to be the answer, but there's still a lot of work to be done before the technology is ready for commercial use, as Greg Blackman discovers

Electro Optics coverGetting back to nature

From measuring air and water quality using spectroscopy to gauging wind speed with lidar, Greg Blackman investigates how photonics technology is gathering environmental data in the field

Electro Optics coverShow stopper

Greg Blackman looks at the laser technology wowing audiences at shows from the likes of Coldplay, as well as seeing how new laser pistols used in modern pentathlon performed at this summer’s London Olympics

Electro Optics coverStriking back

Cancer strikes fear into the hearts of its victims but Rob Coppinger finds that lasers are now able to excise that enemy within, deep inside the human body

Electro Optics coverSky is not the limit for lasers

With a fcous on laser systems this year's Lasys provided much food for thought, as Rob Coppinger discovers