Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a laser-based imaging system that creates high-definition 3D maps of surfaces from as far away as 10.5 meters. The method may be useful in ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 7, 2014
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Measuring only a few cubic millimeters, a new type of camera module might soon be integrated into future driver assistance systems to help car drivers facing critical situations. The little gadget can be built into the vehicle ...
Engineering
Oct 1, 2014
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists at The University of Nottingham are using some of the most advanced X-ray micro Computed Tomography (CT) scanners to learn how to design plant roots so they can interact better with ...
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2014
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Room-temperature bow-tie terahertz detectors have been successfully integrated with focusing optics for the first time. This achievement, from researchers at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology in Lithuania, not ...
General Physics
Sep 12, 2014
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Research into how sharks hear is set to become the latest tactic to better understand and help prevent fatal shark attacks in Australian waters.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2014
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Rosetta's scientific imaging system OSIRIS is slowly but surely resolving comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in its narrow angle camera (NAC), giving the first tantalising hints of its shape.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2014
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(Phys.org) —NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been given the go-ahead to conduct an intensive search for a suitable outer solar system object that the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft could visit after the probe streaks though ...
Astronomy
Jul 2, 2014
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A novel metamaterial enables a fast, efficient and high-fidelity terahertz radiation imaging system capable of manipulating the stubborn electromagnetic waves, advancing a technology with potential applications in medical ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 29, 2014
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An unusual structure with a hexagonal shape surrounding Saturn's north pole was spotted on the planet for the first time thirty years ago. Nothing similar with such a regular geometry had ever been seen on any planet in the ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2014
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What is matter? What is energy? What holds matter together? How do the various constituents of the universe interact at the most basic level? Where does the Earth sit in relation to the rest of the universe? Can we predict ...
General Physics
Feb 13, 2014
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