Our understanding of the world relies greatly on our knowledge of its constituent materials and their interactions. Recent advances in materials science technologies have ratcheted up our ability to identify chemical substances ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 25, 2024
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Crop breeders are always looking for ways to improve a crop. They know that even small differences in quality and quantity can mean big differences in profits for farmers. So, making the breeding process faster and cheaper ...
Biotechnology
Jul 26, 2022
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An international team of researchers has developed a mid-infrared spectrometer smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 4, 2021
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Scientists used data gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during 13 years of exploring the Saturn system to make detailed images of the icy moon—and to reveal geologic activity.
Astronomy
Sep 19, 2020
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Near-infrared spectroscopy provides absorption spectrum unique to substances so that discrimination of gas species becomes possible. Miniaturization of spectrometers is thus required to realize compact gas sensors for monitoring ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 11, 2020
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ETH researchers have developed a compact infrared spectrometer. It's small enough to fit on a computer chip but can still open up interesting possibilities—in space and in everyday life.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 8, 2019
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A team of University of Colorado Boulder anthropologists is out to change the way that scientists study old bones damage-free.
Archaeology
Sep 27, 2019
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In the beginning, more than 13 billion years ago, the Universe was an undifferentiated soup of three simple, single-atom elements.
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2019
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Researchers at EPFL have come up with a new middle infrared light source that can detect greenhouse and other gases, as well as molecules in a person's breath. The compact system, which resembles a tiny suitcase, contains ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 4, 2019
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Saturn's moon Titan is enveloped in a thick atmosphere, but through the infrared eyes of the international Cassini mission, the moon's myriad surface features are revealed in this exquisite global mosaic.
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2019
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