Shining a light on whisky
Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed an innovative new technique using lasers to accurately measure the authenticity of some of the world’s most exclusive whiskies – without ever removing the cap.
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Levitated timepiece sets new benchmark
A new mechanical ‘clock’ has been created by an international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of St Andrews, which could test the fundamental physics of gravity.
Fighting TB with light and sound
A UK-wide research team, led by the Schools of Physics and Astronomy and Medicine at the University of St Andrews, has developed an innovative way to monitor the reaction of living bacteria to antibiotics using lasers…
Physicist takes silver medal in Parliament
Physicist takes silver medal in Parliament Graham Bruce, a senior post-doctoral researcher at the University of St Andrews, won the Silver prize for excellence for his physics research at a STEM for Britain competition…
Don’t adjust your sets – new research could revolutionise fiber-optic communications
A team of researchers from the University of St Andrews has achieved a breakthrough in the measurement of lasers which could revolutionise the future of fiber-optic communications.
Sound and vision – the future of drug discovery
A marriage of sound and light could hold the key to diagnosis of the early stages of various diseases, including cancer.
Optical analysis of homocysteine metabolites using vibrational spectroscopy
Mingzhou Chen, Lisa Strother, Gayle H. Doherty, and Kishan Dholakia OSA Continuum 3,1958 (2020)
Photopolymerization with high-order Bessel light beams
Yoshihiko Arita, Jun Hyung Lee, Haruki Kawaguchi, Reimon Matsuo, Katsuhiko Miyamoto, Kishan Dholakia, and Takashige Omatsu Opt. Lett. 45, 4080 (2020)
Coherent oscillations of a levitated birefringent microsphere in vacuum driven by nonconservative rotation-translation coupling
Yoshihiko Arita, Stephen H. Simpson, Pavel Zemánek, Kishan Dholakia Sci. Adv. 6, eaaz9858 (2020)
Through-Bottle Whisky Sensing and Classification using Raman Spectroscopy in an Axicon-Based Backscattering Configuration
Holly Fleming, Mingzhou Chen, Graham D. Bruce and Kishan Dholakia arXiv:2005.13538 (2020)