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Adaptive Optics for Nonlinear Imaging of Whole Tissues

Published on Tue, 23/Apr/2013

The SUPA INSPIRE scheme funded a six month secondment for a research physicist from the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, to work in collaboration with the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research and Coherent Scotland Ltd.

Ultra-Sensitive Gas Detection for Oil & Gas Exploration

Published on Tue, 18/May/2010

THE CLIENT: Shell

THE BACKGROUND: The greatest financial risks borne by Oil & Gas companies occur during “frontier” exploration when crucial licensing/development decisions have to be made on the basis of limited and often unreliable data. This puts a premium on survey methods that can cover very large areas rapidly and identify promising leads.