Calibration method improves scientific research performed with smartphone cameras
Easy-to-perform approaches could boost use of consumer cameras for citizen science and pollution monitoring WASHINGTON -- Although smartphones and other ...
Tag: Optics
Resonance-enhanced tunneling induces F+H2 reaction in interstellar clouds
Credit: T. A. Rector & B. A. Wolpa, NOAO, AURA Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of ...
How to bend waves to arrive at the right place
Waves do not always spread uniformly into all directions, but can form a remarkable 'branched flow'. At TU Wien (Vienna) ...
Laser method promising for detecting trace chemicals in air
Approach offers highly sensitive way to scan large areas for radioactive material, chemicals, or pollution WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed ...
A forest of nano-mushroom structures keep this plastic clean and stain-free
Pitt engineers develop new optical stain-resistant plastic based on mushroom structures PITTSBURGH (June 19, 2019) ¬--Technologies like solar panels and ...
Researchers see around corners to detect object shapes
Non-line-of-sight technique can spot Washington's profile on a quarterCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Computer vision researchers have demonstrated they can use ...
Development of high-power lasers, quantum internet are plenary topics for FiO + LS Conference
Nobel laureate Donna Strickland, quantum computing expert Ronald Hanson headline meeting that features the latest advances in optics and photonics ...
A new force for optical tweezers awakens
Credit: Giovanni Volpe When studying biological cells using optical tweezers, one main issue is the damage caused to the cell ...
‘Hot spots’ increase efficiency of solar desalination
Rice University engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 18, 2019) -- ...
VINO’s O2Amp Oxy-Iso glasses ineffective at curing colour-blindness
Credit: University of Granada The study is part of a wider project being conducted at the Department of Optics of ...
Nobel physics laureate Gerard Mourou awarded honorary doctorate at Duesseldorf University
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesCredit: HHU / Wilfried Meyer "Gerard Mourou has accrued great merit in our faculty through ...
FEFU scientists to broaden ideas about reactive sintering of transparent ceramics
Credit: FEFU press office Green bodies' porous structure, i.e. mesostructure, affects dramatically the functional parameters of the optical ceramics obtained ...
Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide, ...
Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications
Laser catapulting creates miniaturized lenses with customized shapes and optical properties for cameras, solar cells and microscopes WASHINGTON -- A ...
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