5+ hour, 21+ min ago  (64+ words) Particle-induced contamination increases void volume up to sixfold under shear Credit: Simon Bode, KIT Study Uses Synchrotron Computed Laminography and 3D Simulation Stiff Particles Inhibit Material Movement and Boost Void Growth Particle-induced void growth under shear loading revealed by 3D X-ray laminography…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (606+ words) Intelligent optical sensing systems that integrate wavefront control with adaptive responses are emerging as key enablers for next-generation LiDAR technologies. Scientist in China developed a dual-mode LiDAR system using cascaded geometric and propagation phase metasurfaces. By modulating the polarization of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (141+ words) image: Ashutosh Sabharwal and Kun Woo Cho view more Ashutosh Sabharwal and Kun Woo Cho Whereas conventional radar systems rely on large antenna arrays and complex algorithms to estimate angles, EyeDAR’s physical design does most of the computation work typically…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1089+ words) Coherent laser ranging systems confront a fundamental trade-off: higher resolution typically comes with increased system complexity and cost. Researchers from Tsinghua University have demonstrated a cavity dynamics-based approach that breaks this limitation. By reinjecting target-scattered light into the laser cavity,…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (226+ words) image: The high-performance flexible PENG is designed based on branch-heterostructure fiber fillers. By combining signal processing circuit design and machine learning algorithms, a power grid transmission line status monitoring system is constructed. This offers a new solution for improving the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (457+ words) NAGOYA, Japan — In late September 2025, KIOXIA Iwate Corporation (Koichiro Shibayama CEO) will begin evaluating a GaN-based e-beam technology developed through joint research between Photo electron Soul Inc. (PeS; Takayuki Suzuki CEO), a Nagoya University startup, and the Amano–Honda Laboratory…...

11+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (85+ words) A novel near-sensor edge computing system integrates aluminum nitride (AlN) microrings for photonic feature extraction and Si Mach–Zehnder interferometers for photonic neural network operations, achieving real-time artificial intelligence (AI) processing. Demonstrates high classification accuracy (96.77% for gestures, 98.31% for gaits) with…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (143+ words) Lithium niobate device could replace signal modulators in fiber-optic networks Credit: Loncar group / Harvard SEAS Built on chips made out of lithium niobate, the workhorse material of optoelectronics, the new device offers a potential replacement for the ubiquitous but energy-intensive…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (542+ words) image: Laser hits glass particles view more Laser hits glass particles Credit: Lorenzo Dania (ETHZ) What are the limits of quantum physics? This is a question that has been researched around the world for decades. If we want to make…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (216+ words) image: ETH Zurich researchers captured a nano-object (centre of the image) using a laser trap. The laser light, which is focused with a lens, is shown in red. view more Credit: Lorenzo Dania / ETH Zurich The researchers were able to…...