Read article: AI-assisted photonic detector identifies fake semiconductor chips
New technique could reduce risks of unwanted surveillance, chip failure and theft, say researchers
Read article: Ask me anything: Andrew Weld: ‘You’re probably going to be working for over 40 years, so make sure you enjoy what you do’
Andrew Weld is the head of research and development at QLM technologies
Read article: Cosmic-ray physics: detector advances open up the ultrahigh-energy frontier
Gearing up in the search for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays
Read article: Shrimp-inspired nanoclusters enable multifunctional artificial vision systems
Researchers develop nanocluster-based photoreceptors that combine colour vision, photoadaptation and circular polarization vision into a single system
Read article: Wearable optical device could detect postpartum haemorrhage
New laser speckle contrast imaging sensor has proved successful in a swine model and is now being tested on healthy volunteers
Read article: Metalens-based spectrometer fits on a chip
Compact new device could have applications in information security and processing
Read article: Single-photon LIDAR system images 3D objects underwater
New sensor works in real time and could have applications in off-shore engineering, marine archaeology and defence
Read article: Silicon photomultipliers: gearing up for applications in gamma-ray astronomy
Silicon photomultipliers will provide a core enabling technology in the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the world’s largest and most sensitive gamma-ray observatory
Read article: Quantum sensor survives at record-high pressures
Experiments indicate a high upper bound on operating pressures for NV centres in diamond
Read article: Sapphire fibre makes a robust extreme-environment sensor
New single-mode optical fibre can withstand temperatures of over 2000 °C and high levels of radiation
