Infrared detectors are the core components of infrared detection systems and play an important role in fields such as night vision, remote sensing, and health monitoring. In this context, the utilization of mature silicon ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 14, 2024
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The radiation detectors used today for applications like inspecting cargo ships for smuggled nuclear materials are expensive and cannot operate in harsh environments, among other disadvantages. Now, MIT engineers have demonstrated ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 28, 2024
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Neutrinos and antineutrinos are nearly massless particles produced in many nuclear reactions, including the fission of uranium in nuclear power plants on Earth and the fusion reactions at the core of the sun.
General Physics
Mar 26, 2024
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From the minuscule bindings of molecules to the far reaches of space, we're exploring the universe around us by catching sight of the smallest particles of light.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 31, 2024
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Emerging technologies for non-line-of-sight imaging can detect objects even if they are around a corner or behind a wall. In new work, researchers use a new type of detector to extend this method from visible light into near ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 30, 2023
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The most abundant, massive particles in the universe may be ones you've never even heard of: neutrinos. These particles are all around us—even streaming through us—though they almost never interact with other particles. ...
General Physics
Jul 25, 2023
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A vital subsystem for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft's Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Called the Simplified Relative Calibration ...
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2023
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How do astronomers look for neutrinos? These small, massless particles whiz through the universe at very close to the speed of light. They've been studied since the 1950s and detecting them provides work for a range of very ...
Astronomy
Apr 3, 2023
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A team of researchers has developed an on-chip photon-counting device that could significantly advance numerous applications of quantum technology.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2023
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Using the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) in Hanle, India, astronomers have observed a globular cluster known as NGC 7006. Results of the study, presented December 9 on the arXiv pre-print server, yield important insights ...
