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Easily Swallowed – Bleeding Stopped

19.03.2009

Brussels. Photonics4Life, the European Network for Biophotonics, presented successful examples of interdisciplinary cooperation in optics research. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]

Research Highlights 2008: IPHT’s Annual Report Published

11.03.2009

Solar cells made of nanowires, innovative applications for fiber sensors, spectroscopic detection of single viruses: These are some of the highlights from the just published annual report of the Institute of Photonic Technology.

Researchers at IPHT Take a Look Into the History of Space – Using “Spiderweb Sensors”

27.02.2009

Crucial information about the origins of the universe and the creation of stars and planets are being gathered at an altitude of 5,000 meters in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Among the group of scientists are experts from the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT).

Jointly Detecting Germs: Interdisciplinary Project MikroPlex Starts in Jena

16.02.2009

To quickly identify individual microbes from soil or food samples and to find new active ingredients are the declared goals of the “MikroPlex” research initiative. As part of the ProExzellenz research project the Free State of Thuringia has supported the initiative with one million euros.

Researchers from Jena are Chasing Individual Viruses

28.01.2009

Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), the University of Jena, the Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS) in Dortmund, and the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin were able, for the first time, to detect a virus using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS). In the future, this method will be used for the identification of single viruses.

Small Rods – Large Effect: IPHT Researchers Set Ideal Traps for Light

19.01.2009

The development of novel and inexpensive nanomaterials for highly efficient solar cells is the declared goal of a new EU project that is being coordinated by the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT). Partners in this project come from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Finland, Slovenia, and the United States.

Fast-paced Science: Fast Project Application, Faster Images

09.01.2009

In December, a new project supported by the European Union started at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT). Further partners in this project include Friedrich Schiller University at Jena and the French company FASTLITE. In place of the usual, fixed amount of support funds, partners in this project are compensated with a free-of-charge technology transfer.