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NASA's IRIS Helps Study Explosive Phenomena in Sun’s Interface Region in Detail

The region located between the surface of the sun and its atmosphere has been revealed as a more violent place than previously understood, according to images and data from NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS.

11 Dec 2013

Moon Mineralogy Mapper Reveals Surprises in Largest Impact Crater

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Hawaii have found some mineralogical surprises in the Moon's largest impact crater.

10 Dec 2013

DELTA Offers 11 Year Warranty on Their Optical Filters

DELTA optical filters now come with an extended warranty of 11 years - the longest in the industry. This ensures that users can be confident of the durability of their filters, even in extreme environmental conditions.

From Delta Optical Thin Film A/S 11 Nov 2013

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy with a Twist Identifies Individual Cloth Fibers

Crime-scene investigators may soon have a new tool to help them catch evildoers. Researchers have demonstrated the proof-of-principle for a new forensic technique to identify individual fibers of cloth, which often all look alike.

31 Oct 2013

Cobolt Adds Ultra Compact 532nm and 561nm Lasers to 06-01 Series

Cobolt AB announces the release of the Cobolt DPL™ lasers, ultra-compact SLM DPSS lasers at 532nm and 561nm, on the 06-01 Series platform.

From HÜBNER Photonics GmbH 24 Oct 2013

Integral Fiber Optic Probe Accessories from Rigaku for its Handheld Raman Analyzers

Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and truly portable Raman spectrometers, today announced the addition of two compact and easy-to-use fiber optic probe accessories for its Xantus-2™ 785 nm and 532 nm portable Raman analyzers.

22 Oct 2013

Coherent Raman Spectroscopy with Two Laser Frequency Combs Enables Rapid Identification of Complex Molecules

MPQ-scientists achieve rapid identification of complex molecules by applying coherent Raman spectroscopy with two laser frequency combs.

19 Oct 2013

New Fully Integrated Raman Spectrometer with Raster Orbital Scanning Technology from Ocean Optics

The IDRaman reader from Ocean Optics is a fully integrated Raman system with Raster Orbital Scanning (ROS) technology, an innovative sampling technique that enables more efficient Raman signal collection with lower background effects.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers Study Magnetic Waves in a Polar Coronal Hole Using Hinode’s Extreme UV Imaging Spectrometer Data

Drs. Michael Hahn and Daniel Wolf Savin, research scientists at Columbia University's Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, NY, found evidence that magnetic waves in a polar coronal hole contain enough energy to heat the corona and moreover that they also deposit most of their energy at sufficiently low heights for the heat to spread throughout the corona.

16 Oct 2013

Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer Detects Propylene on Saturn's Moon Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn's moon Titan.

1 Oct 2013

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