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Polymers Jun 8, 2020

Using near-infrared light to 3-D print an ear inside the body

A team of researchers with members from several institutions in China, one in the U.S. and one in Belgium, has developed a method for 3-D printing an ear inside of the body. In their paper published in the journal Science ...

Astronomy Jun 5, 2020

A new catalog of infrared dark clouds

Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen in the sky against the bright diffuse infrared glow of warm dust in our galaxy. These IRDCs, massive and rich in molecules, are natural sites for star ...

Environment Jun 4, 2020

NASA infrared imagery indicates Cristobal's heavy rainmaking capabilities

One of the ways NASA observes tropical cyclones is by using infrared data that provides temperature information and indicates storm strength. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered that data and revealed ...

Materials Science Jun 4, 2020

Stable and functional dyes for near-infrared fluorescence imaging of living subjects

Scientists can monitor biomolecular processes in live tissue by noninvasive optical methods, such as fluorescence imaging. However, the fluorescent dyes used for that purpose are often rather unstable, and photobleaching, ...

Environment Jun 3, 2020

NASA infrared data shows Tropical Cyclone Nisarga strengthened before landfall

Satellite data of Tropical Cyclone Nisarga's cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm had strengthened before it began making landfall in west central India.

Astronomy May 26, 2020

New infrared telescope to spot cosmic hidden treasures

A new infrared telescope, to be designed and built by astronomers at the Australian National University (ANU), will monitor the entire southern sky in search of new cosmic events as they take place.

Environment May 22, 2020

NASA examines tropical storm Mangga in infrared light

NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to provide forecasters with a look at the temperatures of the cloud tops in Tropical Storm Mangga.

Optics & Photonics May 20, 2020

Molecule-plasmon coupling strength tunes surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectral lineshapes

Plasmon-enhanced molecular spectroscopies have attracted tremendous attention as powerful detection tools with ultrahigh sensitivity down to the single-molecule level. The optical response of molecules in the vicinity of ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 13, 2020

Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic layers enable new infrared detectors

MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised of layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 27, 2020

Scientists grow novel Er3+ doped LuSGG mid-infrared laser crystal

A study team has grown an Er3+-doped lutetium scandium gallium garnet crystal with high doping concentration. And this was the first time to grow that kind of crystal by Czochralski method. The team also announced they have ...

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