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Detectors & Imaging
Credit: X. Jiang et al., Commun. Mater. (2026); CC-BY 4.0
A 20 Euro bill photographed via conventional camera on left, and with its security feature revealed via NIR device on the right.
Detectors & Imaging
Tiny ‘upconverter’ turns invisible near-infrared patterns into visible green light
A device created by an international team of researchers converts a near-infrared (NIR) image into visible green light that can be captured via conventional or smartphone cameras...
Sept. 3, 2026
Introducing the new CoolLED pE-10
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LED Illumination for Spatial Biology
Sept. 1, 2026
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Bio&Life Sciences
PODCAST: Meet Jennifer Kehlet Barton, University of Arizona
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 1, 2026
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Custom LED Illumination for Automated Fluorescence Imaging
Sept. 1, 2026
Credit: Opto GmbH
Daniel Kraus, CEO of Opto.
Executive Forum
EPIC’s Jérémy Picot-Clémente talks to Opto’s CEO Daniel Kraus about his new role and AI’s future in microscopy
Aug. 26, 2026
Credit: Adapted from M. Fanous et al., npj Dig. Med., 8, 506 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01882-x, CC BY 4.0
BlurryScope workflow.
Detectors & Imaging
A microscope designed around recoverable blur?
Aug. 20, 2026
Context-aware AR applications require optical systems to maintain readable, high-contrast information across changing real-world environments, which makes legibility and visual comfort increasingly important measures of performance.
Optics
AI redefines performance metrics for AR optical systems
Aug. 19, 2026
Illustration: Rohan Naidu/ University of Hawai’i
Stars like our Sun (left) may be thought of as a dense ball of gas powered by nuclear fusion. Black holes (center) typically grow by consuming matter via pancake-like accretion disks. Black Hole Stars (right) represent a new kind of astrophysical object—black holes enshrouded in dense gas so they effectively radiate in a star-like manner. The dense envelope of gas gives the black hole its star-like features. Black Hole Stars are >100,000 times larger than the Sun (~1000 au vs. ~0.01 au), but span a size similar to black hole accretion disks.
Detectors & Imaging
Behold: A ‘black hole star’
Aug. 17, 2026
Credit: Christopher R. Shelton
VAR Lab researchers capture the Liberty Bell with a Canon EOS R5 Mark II for documentation and photogrammetry during one of three limited-access scanning sessions inside the Liberty Bell Center.
Test & Measurement
Field metrology captures high-res scan of ‘untouchable’ Liberty Bell
Aug. 17, 2026
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