Optics

Oncology

New treatment for skin cancer

Photodynamic therapy and device developed at university will be available to SUS patients

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PHOTOLAB

Laboratory star

Crystal inside pulsed laser equipment creates beautiful luminous effect

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New materials

Ultra-thin lenses for cell phones, microscopes, and telescopes

Silicon films can combine a wide field of vision with high digital resolution, although achieving high-quality multi-color images remains a hurdle

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Photonics

Researchers create capsule to protect ultra-thin optical fibers

Device is designed for several types of sensors, such as those used to detect gas leaks

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OPTICS

Sharper images

US company launches a system developed at UNICAMP to improve light collection performance in scanning tunneling microscopes

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Interview

Cid Bartolomeu de Araújo: The adventures of light

Physicist from Pernambuco explains phenomena that can be used to improve optical fibers, cell phones, new materials, and lasers

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Physics

Laser beam deflects lightning in the Swiss Alps

Scientists have managed to deflect lightning for the first time using short, intense laser pulses

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Optics

High-speed network in São Paulo

High-speed fiber optic network connects eight universities in São Paulo and institutions abroad

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Astronomy

Brazil collaborates on installation of new observatory in Spain

Brazil collaborates on installation of new observatory in Spain

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OPTICS

New system improves the performance of atomic-resolution microscopes

Innovation developed at UNICAMP launched on the global market by American company

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PHOTONICS

Method can be used to encode high-resolution complex images in a laser beam

Researchers from the São Carlos Institute of Physics generated a portrait of a cat using the new technique

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Video

With Brazilian optic fibers, Japanese telescope Subaru promises to widen observations on the Universe

Equipment set in Hawaii may significantly improve the ability to study distant galaxies and very weak stars | 2'52

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Careers

High speed

Brazilian scientist sets world record during fiber optic connection studies

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Photonics

New light conversion

Miniaturization on a microchip that transforms a type of electromagnetic radiation into two distinct frequencies could reduce the size of laser devices

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Medicine

Gelatin optical fiber

Researchers used agar, a type of gelatin extracted from algae, to develop a biodegradable and biocompatible optical fiber

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Photolab

Graphene-coated microspheres

Light emitted by an optical fiber travels through the center of a glass microsphere and interacts with the graphene that coats its surface

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Microbiology

Fighting infections with graphene

Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria

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Optics

Evidence that Da Vinci had strabismus

The Mona Lisa painter had strabismus and may have known how to use it to his advantage

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PHOTONICS

Development effected by light

Focusing LED on fertilized chicken eggs causes the embryos to grow faster

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Optics

Optics Letters features articles by Brazilians

Optics Letters features articles by Brazilians

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PHOTONICS

Information at a much faster rate

Brazilian researchers break fiber-optic data transmission record without using electronic signal amplifiers

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Science & Technology System 

Challenges made-to-order

Eighteen São Paulo private institutes conduct research in response to demands

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Black phosphorus

From infrared laser to green light

The material can combine the energy from three light particles

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S&T Policy

Challenges made-to-order

São Paulo private institutes conduct research to respond to demands

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PHOTONICS

An unconventional laser

Laser light reveals unexpected connections between areas of physics

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PHOTONICS

Much faster information

Brazilian researchers break fiber-optic data transmission record

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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

The global market is the goal

BrPhotonics invests in R&D to develop advanced optical devices for export

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optics

Faster optical networks

New fiber optic networks shall increase transmission capacity to 400 Gbps

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PARTNERSHIPS

Shared challenges

Companies have joined to develop the synchrotron light source Sirius

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Recognition

From Blue LED to the Brain’s GPS

Nobel Prizes highlights advances in microscopy and neuroscience

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