In the coming decades, exoplanet exploration is likely to become a key goal for next-generation telescopes. Astronomers and astrobiologists envisage that detecting oceans on terrestrial exoplanets may be the key to success in our search for habitable worlds beyond the Solar System.
By Cvetelin Vasilev
23 Nov 2021
LIDAR can provide accurate, detailed data on elevation for the creation of sophisticated flood models and maps. A LIDAR system involves the use of aircraft-mounted lasers that send pulses down to the Earth's surface.
By Brett Smith
22 Nov 2021
Looking at Liu, X et al's paper published in Nature Communications, this article describes video-rate upconversion temperature sensing in wide-field utilizing single-shot photoluminescence lifetime imaging thermometry (SPLIT).
By Laura Thomson
19 Nov 2021
A new technique makes sample preparation for cryo-EM safer and simpler using liquid nitrogen.
By Ben Pilkington
19 Nov 2021
The development of optical fibers and waveguides has opened new possibilities for the control of light, including mode selection. Improvements in optics and manufacturing processes have made it possible to create resonators with minimal light loss.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
19 Nov 2021
This article looks at a smart microscopy device that has been developed to reduce photobleaching artifacts.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
18 Nov 2021
Researchers have discovered a new phase of water that forms at extremely high temperatures and pressures. The phase of water-which is possibly found at the center of ice worlds such as Neptune and Uranus-is called superionic ice.
By Robert Lea
18 Nov 2021
Recent work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has shown that it is possible to use an affordable, portable microscope for the detection of microRNAs.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
17 Nov 2021
Researchers are moving to the next step in light-based information transfer using quantum encryption. Researchers from Toshiba Europe Limited and the University of Leeds have recently demonstrated the longest distance communications transfer encrypted using the twin-field quantum key distribution protocol.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
17 Nov 2021
To eliminate COVID-19, a wide range of public settings from hospital and healthcare facilities to shopping malls and airports are considering ultraviolet (UV) sterilization devices to decontaminate frequently touched surfaces and circulating air.
By Benedette Cuffari
16 Nov 2021