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New Study Enables Cameras to Recognize Colors that Human Eye Cannot Perceive

News - 6 Nov 2020

A new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University will enable cameras to identify colors that cannot be recognized even by ordinary cameras and the human eye. The technology makes it possible for...

Researchers to Build Optical Communications Station in Australia

News - 12 Oct 2020

Scientists are set to build an advanced optical communications station in Western Australia. The new station will be able to receive high-speed data transmissions from space. An artist’s...

New Polarized Light-Matter Interaction Could Help Study Unique Molecules

News - 30 Jun 2020

A scientist might want to do cartwheels upon making a discovery, but this time the discovery itself relies on cartwheels. Researchers at Rice University have discovered details about a novel type...

Advanced Tools Considerably Increase the Stability of Microwave Signals

News - 22 May 2020

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists have employed sophisticated light detectors, next-generation atomic clocks, and a measurement tool known as a frequency comb to...

New Optical Design can Lead to More Energy-Efficient Fiber Communications

News - 23 Apr 2020

According to scientists, optical fiber communications may soon become more energy efficient, thanks to a recent discovery made by a U.S. Army study on optoelectronic devices. Army-funded researchers...

Novel Laser Method Records Elusive Electron-Phonon Interactions

News - 11 Dec 2019

Scientists have successfully recorded the interactions between an electron and specific atomic vibrations in a solid, in a frame-by-frame fashion. This is the first-ever study to achieve this...

High-Performance Camera can Help Detect Dark Matter and Extraterrestrial Life

News - 20 Nov 2019

For the first time, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed one of the highest-performance cameras made up of sensors that count single particles of...

New Terahertz Laser Shows Promise in Sensing, Imaging, and Communications

News - 15 Nov 2019

The terahertz frequency range shows promise in precise long-range sensing for radio astronomy, ultra high-resolution imaging, and high-bandwidth communications, to name a few. This frequency range...

New Compact Infrared Spectrometer Fits on Computer Chip

News - 10 Oct 2019

Currently, a mobile phone can perform virtually anything: take photos or video, transmit messages, establish its current location, and convey telephone conversations. These all-around devices might...

Human Night Vision Possible with Scientific Breakthrough

News - 29 Aug 2019

If possessing night-vision sounds like something straight from a comic book or sci-fi novel, then the lines between fiction and reality may have just blurred as scientists at the University of...