Global warming is a talked-about phenomenon and now through the use of a laser-based photon-counting technique, researchers will be able to gather information and measure the height of the earth from space. This new technology provides them with a way to track the amount of growth and melt in the [...]
The Crown of Thorns starfish is a destructive underwater species that has been eating away at the coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. With newly developed technology, researchers have been able to construct a robot that will operate underwater without any direction from its human creators to target and [...]
Competitive swimmers who want to monitor their technique or patients who need to heal muscle injuries may soon have access to a new light-based tool that can help them achieve their goals. An article from scientists at the University of Essex have written about a tool that measures “muscle oxygenation [...]
Scientists in Poland may have come up with a powerful new deterrent to drunk driving. They have experimented with a laser-based device to detect the presence of alcohol vapors inside of a moving car as it passes by. This vapor presence is similar to vapor that has been exhaled inside [...]
Gold nanoparticles and laser light technologies have come together as a result of research by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This technology allows physicians the ability to “measure the stickiness of the mucus that lines a patients’ airways.” This technology is a breakthrough for doctors [...]
It’s long been felt that robots would eventually rule the world and take away jobs done by humans. In the meat packing and butchering industry, lasers are moving in and taking over the task of “harvesting” chicken fillets. The chicken breast fillets that you purchase in the grocery store today [...]
A company in California has earned FDA clearance to use its Cyclo G6 laser. This laser is designed to treat glaucoma patients and help relieve the symptoms of the eye disease. The laser features the company’s proprietary MicroPulse tissue-sparing technology which utilizes a family of single-use probes. According to a [...]
The next time you bite into an apple you may ask yourself, “I wonder how the farmers know the exact time to pick the fruit.” The answer may be through the use of laser technologies. Researchers have developed technologies that allow for the harvesting of specific fruits including apples, pears, [...]
Custom laser lenses may take the pain out of a visit to the dentist. With the advent of laser and LED-based tools there is hope that a dental visit could be faster, simpler and less painful for the patient. Dentists currently use laser light to “set” fillings in cavities. Dentists [...]
The diode laser is a laser where the active medium is a semiconductor similar to that found in a light-emitting diode; learn more at universeoptics.com
