How lasers help reduce food waste
33% of fruit and vegetables go to waste before they reach the consumer - and 10% of the waste happens during long-term storage. Read more
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Supercontinuum lasers fight invisible pollution
Outdoor air pollution caused over 4 million premature deaths in 2016. Every day, we breathe small particles and gasses that can cause strokes, cardiovascular diseases, and lung cancer. To fight air pollution, we must know what to fight – and where. Read more
Micromachining of thermally sensitive PET film
We machined thin PET film with an infrared and a green wavelength ORIGAMI XP laser to see which does a better job. Read more
What to do when the world shuts down?
Our team in Switzerland made the most of the first half of 2020. They planned and set up a new ORIGAMI XP production line. It just opened! Read more
Laser marking of polymer tubes for biomedical applications
Read how our high peak-power ORIGAMI XP can make fine high-contrast marking on polymer tubes. Read more
How to manipulate atoms with lasers to make quantum inertial sensors
The gradiometer team at the University of Birmingham has developed the World's most portable quantum gravity gradiometer. Read more
Laser cutting of polymer tubes for biomedical applications
With the high peak-power of the ORIGAMI XP you can make fine features in polymer tubes without any thermal effects. Read more
New collaboration on Photonic Crystal Fiber delivery has seen the light of day
NKT Photonics, the leading supplier of high-performance fiber lasers, fiber optic sensing systems, and photonic crystal fibers, and ALPhANOV, the optics and lasers technology center of the Route des Lasers cluster (near Bordeaux, France) have formed a partnership to make optical interfacing easier. Read more
Take a deep look into animal organs and nervous systems
New research in neuroscience and microscopy allows researchers to look deep into animal organs and nervous systems – from squids and worms to fish and salamanders. Read more
Build a quantum computer based on the Doppler cooling mechanism
Quantum computers are predicted to solve optimization problems much faster than conventional computers. But how do you build a quantum computer? Read more