In this episode: A highly sensitive biosensor detects trace cancer biomarkers, this week's photonics business news roundup, and an ultrafast switching mirror device has use as an optical transistor.
Researchers at Shenzhen University in China have designed a sensor that’s so sensitive, it can detect even trace concentrations of cancer biomarkers. It could someday make possible early cancer detection via a simple blood test.
Business news roundup: LightPath Technologies has finalized the acquisition of Amorphous Materials, while SPIE and UNC Charlotte have established a new scholarship for optics students.
A collaborative team of researchers is taking a major step toward femtosecond light-by-light switching and optical information processing, thanks to an ultrafast switching mirror device.
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.
