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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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Sept. 1, 2026
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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
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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
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BlurryScope workflow.
Detectors & Imaging
A microscope designed around recoverable blur?
Aug. 20, 2026
Credit: Viktor Gruev, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The camera, inspired by mantis shrimp vision, captures ultraviolet, near-infrared, and visible images using a single chip.
Bio&Life Sciences
Bioinspired imaging system takes notes from shrimp
July 29, 2026
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PODCAST: Meet Giacomo Vacca, Kinetic River (PART TWO)
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
June 16, 2026
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