Scientists on the African continent have made notable contributions to photonics research.
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In December, the U.S.-based National Academy of Sciences published a report classifying myopia, for the first time, as a disease and no longer as a refractive error.
They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
Free space optical communication will allow the same connectivity in space we already have on Earth. And this will provide benefits across a number of sectors.
There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so for a long time.
Using nanostructures on a flat piece of glass can make lenses smaller, lighter and much cheaper – while providing better image quality.
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Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Physics, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics, Harvard University
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Research Professor, Adelaide University
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Professor of Applied Physics, Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
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Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Astronomy, UMass Lowell
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Professeur Titulaire. École d'optométrie. Expertise en santé oculaire et usage des lentilles cornéennes spécialisées, Université de Montréal
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Professor, University of South Africa