Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's Measurement Institute, have developed an imaging technology which can identify the ripeness of strawberries before they are picked. The developers now hope to ...
Engineering
Oct 19, 2011
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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a simpler way to generate single-chip terahertz radiation, a discovery that could soon allow for more rapid security screening, border protection, high sensitivity biological/chemical ...
General Physics
Sep 30, 2011
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Nestled between radio waves and infrared light is the terahertz (THz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. By adding a nanoscale bit of graphene, researchers have found a better way to tune radiation for a THz transmitter.
Nanophysics
Sep 12, 2011
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Long-wavelength terahertz light is invisible – it's at the farthest end of the far infrared – but it's useful for everything from detecting explosives at the airport to designing drugs to diagnosing skin cancer. ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 4, 2011
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Invisibility appears to be the next possible advance in the use of Terahertz radiation in medicine, security, and communications.
General Physics
May 2, 2011
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Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists recently completed a series of nighttime, ground-based testing of the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, or GREAT, spectrometer in preparation for a series of astronomical ...
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2011
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NEC Corporation, in cooperation with The University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, announced today the successful demonstration of terahertz wave image measurement technologies ...
Engineering
Mar 10, 2011
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Benjamin Clough is dedicated to making the world a safer place for emergency first responders, police and military personnel, chemical plant employees, and many others. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student ...
Engineering
Mar 9, 2011
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Many physical and chemical processes occur on extremely short time and length scales – as a rule within quadrillionths of a second on lengths of billionths of a metre. Researchers study such processes using intense ultrashort ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 3, 2011
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