A renewable, low impact random laser built from birch leaves and peanuts shows a path to affordable medical diagnostics using fully sustainable materials. (Nanowerk News) Physicists at Umeå University ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Converting electrical energy into laser light has traditionally relied on precisely aligned optical components that direct light back and forth within a cavity. While these ...

Physicists at Umeå University, in collaboration with researchers in China, have developed a laser made entirely from biomaterials – birch leaves and peanut kernels. The environmentally friendly laser ...

An advanced laser has been created using just leaves and peanuts. Scientists made the state-of-the-art technology entirely from biomaterials – birch leaves and peanut kernels. They say the ...

A regular medical examination can already feel daunting amid the uncertainty of what doctors will discover. Behind every scan is a hesitant hope that the technology works well, feels safe, and does ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24, 2010 – When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it ...

Birch leaf and peanut kernel-based source could be a cheap, accessible tool for diagnostics and imaging. Jia Wang, of the Department of Physics at Umeå. Physicists at Umeå University, Sweden, in ...