BELLINGHAM, Washington, Dec. 24 -- Advanced Photonics Nexus, a peer-reviewed journal from SPIE that says it covers optics and photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 3, No. 5): Reviews * Metamaterial-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: a review Research Articles * Object pose and surface material recognition using a single-time-of-flight camera * Neuromorphic encryption: combining speckle correlography and event data for enhanced s  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Dec. 25 (TNSres) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. * * * This could enable medics to identify sooner any decline in lung function. The scan method has enabled the team, led by researchers at Newcastle University, UK, to see how air moves in and out of the lungs as people tak  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Princeton University researchers will be part of the teams working to advance microelectronics and sensors * * * Written by Rachel Kremen The U.S. Department of Energy (https://www.energy.gov/) (DOE) has awarded the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) two highly competitive Microelectronics Science Research Center projects. PPPL researchers will lead tw  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 25 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * A new study uncovers how DNA, magnesium and polyphosphate form a balance that's just right--which could lead to innovations in medicine and biotechnology. * * * In a discovery that could redefine how we understand cellular resilience and adaptability, scientists at Scripps Research have unlocked the secret interactions between a primordial inorganic polymer of phosphate known as polyphos  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 24 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Filaments curling at the micro and nanoscale produce light waves that twirl as they travel Jun Lu examines the twisted filament glowing within the bulb. He, along with a team of U-M researchers, demonstrated for the first time that a twisted filament could produce twirling light waves. credit: Brenda Ahearn/Michigan Engineering. Study: Bright, circularly-polarized black-body radiation from twisted nanocarbon  more