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From advances in mechanical and material…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="NTT Research bets light-based computing can tackles AI’s energy crisis"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">August 6, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/ntt-research-bets-light-based-computing-can-tackles-ais-energy-crisis/">NTT Research bets light-based computing can tackles AI’s energy crisis</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/ntt-research-bets-light-based-computing-can-tackles-ais-energy-crisis/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-10.46.15 AM-368x300.png" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-72888" alt="NTT Research scientist in cleanroom suit working on advanced photonic equipment" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>NTT Research is playing the long game, tackling challenges that others shy away from. While many R&D labs focus on a relatively near-term ROI for research, NTT is more patient, taking a page from storied labs like Bell Labs and Xerox PARC that prioritize bigger, riskier but potentially more transformative bets. Its website declares: “Our…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="New X-ray beam monitoring technology unveiled"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">R&D World Editorial</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">July 23, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-beam-monitoring-technology-clearxcam/">New X-ray beam monitoring technology unveiled</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-beam-monitoring-technology-clearxcam/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Advent-Diamond-Unveils-ClearXCam-2304-Redefining-X-ray-Beam-Monitoring2.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-72729" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Advent Diamond, a diamond semiconductor technology, has announced the release of the ClearXCam 2304, a novel X-ray beam monitoring technology. Traditionally, diamond has been employed for X-ray beam monitoring with four-quadrant monitors. The new ClearXCam 2304, however, delivers 2304-pixel images of X-ray beams in real-time, thanks to video-rate imaging. According to Advent Diamond, the new…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI to test genAI-based biological threats"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">July 18, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/los-alamos-national-laboratory-and-openai-to-test-genai-based-biological-threats/">Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI to test genAI-based biological threats</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/los-alamos-national-laboratory-and-openai-to-test-genai-based-biological-threats/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AdobeStock_76461130-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-72698" alt="Medical case with biohazard held by gloved scientist" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI are joining forces to conduct the world’s first real-world evaluation of AI’s potential role in biological threats. The partnership between OpenAI and Los Alamos goes beyond previous text-based assessments of AI in biological contexts. OpenAI highlighted two aspects that set this research apart, noting the “research will involve real…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="South Korean researchers pushing for 6G technology leadership"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">June 27, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/etri-6g-service-mesh-technology/">South Korean researchers pushing for 6G technology leadership</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/etri-6g-service-mesh-technology/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AdobeStock_708043453-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-72607" alt="6G" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>As the world rapidly adopts 5G technology, with nearly 1.5 billion global subscriptions by the end of 2023, researchers are already rushingi to develop 6G, the next evolution of mobile networks. 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These processors require an unwieldy blend of piezoelectric- and transistor-based components, which add bulk and sap valuable energy. But a promising study published in Nature Materials offers a potential solution in phononics, a field of study that harnesses…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Scientists claim to generate world’s strongest terahertz radiation"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">R&D World Editorial</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">June 10, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-claim-to-generate-worlds-strongest-terahertz-radiation/">Scientists claim to generate world’s strongest terahertz radiation</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-claim-to-generate-worlds-strongest-terahertz-radiation/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="259" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/terahertz-pulse-ionizing-368x259.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-72492" alt="Terahertz pulse ionizing laser" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Scientists from the Advanced Photonics Research Institute at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Korea and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics at the University of Maryland have created the world’s strongest terahertz fields of 260 megavolts per centimeter (MV/cm) or equivalent peak intensity of 9 × 1013 watts per…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">September 18, 2023</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science/">SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lclsII_first_light_pr_la_final_full-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-71735" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>From the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program. 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The team will showcase its capabilities publicly for the first time at the Army Quantum Technology Challenge (QTC) in Adelaide on August 10 and 11. Q-CTRL is delivering…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="R&D 100 winner of the day: OH0TA OVMed Medical Image Sensor"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">July 6, 2022</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rd-100-winner-of-the-day-oh0ta-ovmed-medical-image-sensor/">R&D 100 winner of the day: OH0TA OVMed Medical Image Sensor</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rd-100-winner-of-the-day-oh0ta-ovmed-medical-image-sensor/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="201" height="200" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/OH0TA10-MARKED1.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-69345" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/OH0TA10-MARKED1.jpg 201w, https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/OH0TA10-MARKED1-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px" /></a><p>OmniVision’s OH0TA OVMed medical image sensor is the world’s smallest commercially available image sensor. With a package size of just 0.55 mm x 0.55 mm, featuring a 1.0-micron pixel and a 1/31 optical format, it is smaller than the Guinness World Record held by its predecessor and quadruples resolution and provides wafer-level optics in a…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="UniFlow SE FM Floor-Mounted Walk-In hoods for large processes"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">March 15, 2022</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/uniflow-se-fm-floor-mounted-walk-in-hoods-for-large-processes/">UniFlow SE FM Floor-Mounted Walk-In hoods for large processes</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/uniflow-se-fm-floor-mounted-walk-in-hoods-for-large-processes/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="200" height="227" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SE-FM-hood-Image2.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-68615" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>UniFlow SE FM Fume Hoods are designed for synthesis, distillation and other rack type operations where tall apparatus is used, or equipment is rolled into the work area. Full 70-in. viewing height for ease of access and unobstructed view of fume chamber. Chamber sizes include 48, 60, 72, 96, and 120 in. and depths of…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Enclosures isolate robotic and lab automation processes and equipment"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 25, 2022</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enclosures-isolate-robotic-and-lab-automation-processes-and-equipment/">Enclosures isolate robotic and lab automation processes and equipment</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enclosures-isolate-robotic-and-lab-automation-processes-and-equipment/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="277" height="200" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Automation-Image2.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-68518" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>EnviroMax Enclosures are specifically engineered to isolate robotic and lab automation processes and equipment while maintaining a safe working area. These enclosures provide either exhaust air systems or clean workstation environments. They are designed to isolate liquid-handling workstations, HPLC equipment sample weighing, high-throughput screening, powder handling and other lab automation processes. The enclosures are engineered…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="R&D 100 winner of the day: BLK247 from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 11, 2022</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rd-100-winner-of-the-day-blk247-from-leica-geosystems-part-of-hexagon/">R&D 100 winner of the day: BLK247 from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rd-100-winner-of-the-day-blk247-from-leica-geosystems-part-of-hexagon/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="200" height="251" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BLK247_X5_HEADER2.png" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-68430" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BLK247_X5_HEADER2.png 200w, https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BLK247_X5_HEADER2-190x238.png 190w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><p>The Leica Geosystems BLK247 is a smart 3D surveillance system that uses sensor fusion technology — a combination of video cameras, thermal imaging and LiDAR — along with edge computing and AI to instantly detect and report physical changes within a space. The BLK247 is multi-sensor device that provides 360° horizontal by 270° vertical field-of-view…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="A cool game for one hot competitor — the 2021 Freezer Challenge"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/pheney/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Paul Heney</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">December 1, 2021</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/a-look-at-the-2021-freezer-challenge-winners/">A cool game for one hot competitor — the 2021 Freezer Challenge</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/a-look-at-the-2021-freezer-challenge-winners/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ONLINE-Day2-UI-FreezerChallenge-image-11-10-21-368x300.png" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-68091" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>International Freezer Challenge honors Univ. of Illinois with 2021 “Winning Streak Award.” By Becky Chambers Hennessy, contributing writer (This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one, Facing sustainability in the lab, here.) The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is continuing a hot streak in arguably the coolest competition around. The university was recognized…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Facing sustainability in the lab"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/pheney/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Paul Heney</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 30, 2021</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/facing-sustainability-in-the-lab/">Facing sustainability in the lab</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/facing-sustainability-in-the-lab/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ONLINE-Day1-AstraZeneca-CambridgeRandDCentreLab-11-10-21-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-68088" alt="A Cambridge R&D Center shot" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>By Becky Chambers Hennessy, contributing writer Scientific research leaders are taking a long look in the mirror. They see their laboratories as home to beneficial scientific breakthroughs, in areas from epidemiology and the coronavirus to climate change and greenhouse gases. They’re also recognizing them as resource-intensive spaces with enormous carbon footprints. 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