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Let there be light! New tech to revolutionize night vision

Rocio Camacho Morales standing above a optical bench
Dr Rocio Camacho Morales is a post doctoral fellow at the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics at the Australian National University (image: Jamie Kidston/ANU).

Ultra-thin film could one day be used on reading glasses

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Infrared imaging by ultra-thin nanocrystal layers

A pair of glasses with a green image of kangaroos showing despite the dark
The new proof of concept technology is ultra-compact, ultra-light and one day it could realise infrared imaging on standard glasses. Credit: Lei Xu, Nottingham Trent University.

Researchers show the conversion of infrared images to the visible using ultra-thin and transparent semiconductor nanocrystals.

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TMOS Establishment Report – where we’ve come from and where we’re going

2020 was not a year anyone will forget soon. In addition to the pandemic, which had significant impact on the education sector as international students were locked out of the country, Australia also battled its Black Summer bushfires and volatile weather events such as Canberra’s record-breaking hail storm. It was one extraordinary year for our […]