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Light converting films accelerate plant growth

04.01.2023 -

Plastic sheets coated with an europium-based compound converts UV light to red light.

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Ultrasound makes 3D printed parts stronger

03.01.2023 -

Fraunhofer IWS and IAPT together with Australian RMIT centre for additive manufacturing start project “UltraGrain”.

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How di­a­monds be­come quantum computers

02.01.2023 -

On behalf of DLR, Leipzig-based start-ups SaxonQ and XeedQ are developing quantum computers based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond.

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Shining new light on solar cell development

02.01.2023 -

New addition of passivating contacts between the metal and silicon parts.

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Cognex acquires lighting technology provider SAC

30.12.2022 -

The machine vision company from Massachuetts has acquired SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics, a German provider of lighting technology (“SAC”).

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Metalens offers superior off-axis focus

30.12.2022 -

Enhanced off-axis focusing allows a wide range of optical tasks spanning from optical tweezers to imaging.

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Dyndrite first to support new LPBF open vector format

29.12.2022 -

The provider of the GPU-accelerated computation engine used to create next-generation digital manufacturing hardware and software, announced support for the new open...

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Microscopic octopuses from a 3D printer

28.12.2022 -

Newly developed smart polymers have life-like properties.

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