Video: September 12, 2022 Photonics Hot List

Sept. 12, 2022
Here’s your Photonics Hot List for September 12, 2022, peeking into what’s happening in the exciting world of photonics.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List…

For years, artificial intelligence systems have relied on artificial neurons and synapses as their sole building blocks. This may not be true. Learn how scientists in the U.K. are challenging the idea with a new, faster system.

Paired with chemistry, a new fluorescence optical sensing platform could make food safety monitoring and quality control much more efficient and accurate. Find out how researchers in China are using UV light to rapidly detect and better understand fluids that impact human health.

When mitochondria in the body isn’t functioning properly, it can prompt the onset of mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases. Discover a technique by a team in Ohio that uses light-activated proteins to help stabilize dysfunction within mitochondria.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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