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New Nano-Device Detects Light from Big Bang

Star Light, Star Dim As the universe expands, measuring infrared light becomes more difficult. NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI) For centuries, the creation of the universe has loomed large in...

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Invisible Flash Takes Night Photos Without the Burst of (Visible) Light

A IR/UV flash photo combines with its flash-free twin to produce a realistic final image Dilip Krishnan, Rob Fergus Finally: a flash camera without all the usual problems. By using a flashbulb that...

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Video: NASA Autonomous Lander Hovers in Midair, in Infrared Video

Hovering Robotic Lander in Infrared NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Hovering landers or drones look as though they're suspended in the air, because you can't see the vortices caused by the...

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New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One Minute, Glows Infrared for Two...

IR UGA Physics professor Zhengwei Pan and postdoctoral researcher Feng Liu stand in a darkened room, using their recently invented ceramic discs that emit near-infrared light as a source of...

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New Light-Powered Eye Implants Use Infrared Pulses to Restore Sight

Close Eye saturn via Flickr A new generation of retinal implants could use light to provide power and data, potentially restoring vision in a less-invasive form than existing implants. Researchers at...

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New Nano-Device Detects Light from Big Bang

For centuries, the creation of the universe has loomed large in human thought, cropping up in everything from ancient folklore to modern scientific theories. A…

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Invisible Flash Takes Night Photos Without the Burst of (Visible) Light

Finally: a flash camera without all the usual problems. By using a flashbulb that emits ultraviolet and infrared light (neither of which the human eye can detect) instead of…

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Video: NASA Autonomous Lander Hovers in Midair, in Infrared Video

Hovering landers or drones look as though they’re suspended in the air, because you can’t see the vortices caused by the propellers or the heat emitted by the thruster, or…

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New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One Minute, Glows Infrared for Two...

Glow-in-the-dark devices, which emit visible light after exposure to sunlight, are as commonplace as a wristwatch. But these are not that great when you want to see and not…

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New Light-Powered Eye Implants Use Infrared Pulses to Restore Sight

A new generation of retinal implants could use light to provide power and data, potentially restoring vision in a less-invasive form than existing implants. Researchers at…

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