Category: Research




The next frontier: meta-optics in space

Of the many challenges the space industry faces, size and weight constraints when sending payloads into space is one of the most keenly felt pain points. The limited capacity of launch vehicles means [...]

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A new breakthrough in quantum light sources could make hacking a thing of the past.

Physicists working in the new field of meta-optics have made a breakthrough in the generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs that could allow quantum key distribution, a highly secure form of [...]

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Breathtaking: the whistle that might save lives

TMOS Researchers are hopeful the new Ketowhistle could spare people living with diabetes from invasive tests and help them take control of their health. [...]

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Bright idea: new LEDs can detect off food and lethal gases

Researchers from TMOS have developed a device that is essentially a tuneable LED and photodetector  that could identify a suite of gases, potentially including lethal ones, improving the safety of fi [...]

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The Good Fight: Advance in flexible photodetector could improve monitoring of greenhouse gases

There will soon be a new tool to fight global warming with the development of lightweight flexible light sensors that can simultaneously image across a wide spectral range, from the visible to the inf [...]

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Spinning into the future: New Photonic Dirac Waveguide changing the way data is transferred and manipulated

A fridge that can do your shopping for you and tell you when food has gone bad is a shiny, exciting not-to-far-away future. A less exciting element of the Internet of Things (IoT) is the amount of dat [...]

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New deal inked to space test meta-optical surfaces

A new engineering study has been commissioned by the European Space Agency (under PECS, the Program for European Cooperating States), to prove the reliability of meta-optical elements for space use in [...]

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From Dark Nights to Safe Highways: New Infrared technology delivering 360-degree vision on the road

Anyone whose rearview camera has saved them from a broken bumper knows the value of eyes in the back of your head. That’s why new cars come complete with rear-facing visible cameras, RADAR and near- [...]

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Protecting children and pets: Innovative metasurface prevents cars from overheating

Every year in Australia, more than 5000 children are rescued after being left unattended in a car. Not all of those children are saved before they succumb to death by heatstroke, with at least ten Aus [...]

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TMOS researchers paving the way towards flatter and more energy efficient flat screens

TMOS researchers have developed a proof-of-concept technology that could pave the way for next-generation displays to supersede LCDs and LEDs, enabling screens and electronic devices to become thinner [...]

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