Optical Equipment
Optical Equipment: An optical instrument either processes light waves to enhance an image for viewing, or analyzes light waves (or photons) to determine one of a number of characteristic properties.
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JUL 05, 2022Technology
JUL 05, 2022A new study published in Optics Letters allows 3D images to be created on top of an ultra-thin film that can be viewed f ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2022Technology
FEB 04, 2022Nearly everyone, even those outsides the sciences, has encountered at one point or another a “laser”— ...Sponsored By: EKSMA OpticsJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
JUL 22, 2021The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 06, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
MAY 06, 2021Digital networks have changed the world by integrating into almost every aspect of our lives, but they have yet to direc ...Sponsored By: Cardea BioMAR 05, 2021Chemistry & Physics
MAR 05, 2021Auxetic materials are being of more and more interest to materials scientists and designers because of their ability to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 22, 2020Chemistry & Physics
SEP 22, 2020New research from a team at RMIT University highlights the development of a hyper-efficient broadband photodetector that ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
JUL 30, 2020In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of rapid viral diagnostics has really hit home. Classic ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
JUN 16, 2020Just over a year ago, astronomers tapped into the power of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight radio t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2020Technology
MAY 22, 2020"We're currently getting a sneak-peak of how the infrastructure for the internet will hold up in two to three y ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
MAY 21, 2020There are many things we humans have come to perfect, but don't yet fully understand. Take glass for example, scientists ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 04, 2020Microbiology
MAY 04, 2020Researchers have developed an open-source and customizable microscope that can be 3D-printed for only $18.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
APR 21, 2020Researchers have developed a handheld device that can image structures under the skin at resolutions 100 times greater t ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
APR 10, 2020New information on the solar neighborhood has allowed researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Un ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
MAR 08, 2020The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2020Technology
JAN 19, 2020Sepsis is the result of systemic infection leading to organ failure followed by death. It claims one life every four sec ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
DEC 10, 2019Astronomers often turn to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope when they fancy observing any of the plethora of distant n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2019Space & Astronomy
NOV 11, 2019A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that stood tall and proud at the launch pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
OCT 27, 2019Space telescopes are particularly important pieces of equipment, especially for astrophysicists, planetary scientists, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2019Chemistry & Physics
OCT 01, 2019The term compound eye refers to the unique visual organs that can be found in many insects (hence the nickname "bug ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 09, 2019Plants & Animals
SEP 09, 2019Animals can be wary of human presence in their natural habitat, so much so that they’ll often flee the scene, prev ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2019Space & Astronomy
AUG 20, 2019Once most stars reach the end of their life cycle, they’ll explode with a gleaming white-hot intensity, an event t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2019Neuroscience
AUG 07, 2019A team of scientists in Korea and the United States have developed a tiny, flexible, wireless device that can control ne ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergAPR 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
APR 10, 2019Black hole illustrations are widely available on the internet, but not a single one of those has been a genuine photogra ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
MAR 27, 2019Astronomers use a bevy of different methods to analyze distant exoplanets, but the GRAVITY instrument attached to the Eu ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2022
Technology
JUL 05, 2022
A new study published in Optics Letters allows 3D images to be created on top of an ultra-thin film that can be viewed f
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2022
Technology
FEB 04, 2022
Nearly everyone, even those outsides the sciences, has encountered at one point or another a “laser”—
...
Sponsored By:
EKSMA Optics
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
JUL 22, 2021
The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 06, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
MAY 06, 2021
Digital networks have changed the world by integrating into almost every aspect of our lives, but they have yet to direc
...
Sponsored By:
Cardea Bio
MAR 05, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
MAR 05, 2021
Auxetic materials are being of more and more interest to materials scientists and designers because of their ability to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 22, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
SEP 22, 2020
New research from a team at RMIT University highlights the development of a hyper-efficient broadband photodetector that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
JUL 30, 2020
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of rapid viral diagnostics has really hit home. Classic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
JUN 16, 2020
Just over a year ago, astronomers tapped into the power of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight radio t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2020
Technology
MAY 22, 2020
"We're currently getting a sneak-peak of how the infrastructure for the internet will hold up in two to three y
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
MAY 21, 2020
There are many things we humans have come to perfect, but don't yet fully understand. Take glass for example, scientists
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 04, 2020
Microbiology
MAY 04, 2020
Researchers have developed an open-source and customizable microscope that can be 3D-printed for only $18.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
APR 21, 2020
Researchers have developed a handheld device that can image structures under the skin at resolutions 100 times greater t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
APR 10, 2020
New information on the solar neighborhood has allowed researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Un
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
MAR 08, 2020
The Mars 2020 rover has been a popular topic of discussion over the past several years, but it has remained rather consp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2020
Technology
JAN 19, 2020
Sepsis is the result of systemic infection leading to organ failure followed by death. It claims one life every four sec
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
DEC 10, 2019
Astronomers often turn to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope when they fancy observing any of the plethora of distant n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NOV 11, 2019
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that stood tall and proud at the launch pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
OCT 27, 2019
Space telescopes are particularly important pieces of equipment, especially for astrophysicists, planetary scientists, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 01, 2019
The term compound eye refers to the unique visual organs that can be found in many insects (hence the nickname "bug
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
SEP 09, 2019
Animals can be wary of human presence in their natural habitat, so much so that they’ll often flee the scene, prev
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2019
Space & Astronomy
AUG 20, 2019
Once most stars reach the end of their life cycle, they’ll explode with a gleaming white-hot intensity, an event t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2019
Neuroscience
AUG 07, 2019
A team of scientists in Korea and the United States have developed a tiny, flexible, wireless device that can control ne
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
APR 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
APR 10, 2019
Black hole illustrations are widely available on the internet, but not a single one of those has been a genuine photogra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
MAR 27, 2019
Astronomers use a bevy of different methods to analyze distant exoplanets, but the GRAVITY instrument attached to the Eu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard