A new device could offer a higher sensitivity than today’s COVID-19 rapid antigen tests while also being faster and more cost-effective than PCR tests.

The main advantage of this new optical technology over PCR lies in the speed of sample processing.

Sensopart appointed Marius Westermann as Managing Director Marketing and Sales in October 2021. With his appointment, the management team grows to three members.

A research group at TU Eindhoven developed a near-infrared sensor that is easy to make, comparable in size to sensors in smartphones.

For semiconductor company Onsemi, 2021 was a record year, with sales reaching US 6.74 billion US dollars (5.91 billion euros), up 28.3 percent.

The Kernel Flow system was used to record the brain signals of two participants who performed a finger-tapping task.

The combination of solitons increases the color range of the emitted light from the microresonators.

Issue 1/2022 – February / March – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from Cailabs, Coherent, Hamamatsu Photonics, Ingeneric, iPronics, Joya Team...