Lunar Snapshots: Testing NASA’s Incredible Next-Gen Moon Camera
NASA and European partners develop and test a state-of-the-art lunar camera, with ongoing refinements for future international missions. When astronauts return to the Moon, they…
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Light Years Ahead: NIST’s 400,000-Pixel Superconducting Camera Breakthrough
Having more pixels could advance everything from biomedical imaging to astronomical observations. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues…
Striking Discovery: Unique Image Reveals How Lightning Rods Work
The high-speed camera captured an image displaying multiple lightning rods attempting to connect to the downward discharge. The two descending branches visible in the image…
Cheaper and More Efficient: New Camera Could Help Scientists Forecast Volcano Eruptions Affecting Millions
Researchers have made long-term volcano monitoring a possibility by creating a more efficient and cost-effective camera. Gas emissions are a manifestation of the activity taking…
Revolutionary Gigapixel 3D Microscope Captures Life in Jaw-Dropping Detail
Stitching videos from dozens of cameras together provides unique 3D view of macroscopic experiments with microscopic detail. When a couple of plucky graduate students took…
Revolutionary “Camera” With Shutter Speed of 1 Trillionth of a Second Reveals Hidden World of Atomic Dynamics
Speeding up a camera shutter a million million times enables researchers to understand how materials move heat around and is a major step in advancing…
Breaking Through the Haze: A New Method for Clearer Images
A new technique that generates a sharp image through the use of a low-cost, random scattering medium in real-time could offer a solution to the…
1000x Faster: World’s Fastest Laser Camera Films Combustion in Real Time
By illuminating a sample surface with short laser beam pulses, it is possible to film sequences of various chemical and physical reactions. A research team…
MIT Engineers Develop a Low-Cost Terahertz Camera Using Quantum Dots
The new terahertz camera device provides greater sensitivity and speed than previous versions, and could be used for industrial inspection, airport security, and communications. Terahertz…
Caltech’s New Ultrafast Camera Captures Signals Traveling Through Nerve Cells
Reach out right now and touch anything around you. Whether it was the wood of your desk, a key on your keyboard, or the fur…
MIT Engineers Build Wireless Underwater Camera That Doesn’t Need Batteries!
New underwater camera could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change. More than 95 percent…
New Atomically Thin Material That Improves the Efficiency of Light-Based Tech: Solar Panels, Cameras, Biosensors
Cameras, solar panels, biosensors, and fiber optics are technologies that rely on photodetectors, or sensors that convert light into electricity. With the shrinking size of…
Miniature Wide-Angle Camera – Created With Array of Metalenses – Could Fit Into Smartphones
New design could enable high-quality wide-angle cameras that can possibly fit into smartphones. Researchers have designed a new compact camera that acquires wide-angle images of…
New Holographic Camera Sees the Unseen – Around Corners, Through Fog and Human Tissue
Device can see around corners and through scattering media like fog and human tissue. Northwestern University researchers have invented a new high-resolution camera that can…
World’s Largest Digital Camera Snaps First 3,200-Megapixel Images – Will Explore Cosmic Mysteries
The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC…
Throwable Camera Sends Panoramic Images to Your Smartphone
A softball-sized tactical camera that can be tossed into unseen areas to send panoramic images back to a smartphone is set for commercial release. Unseen…
New Optical Microscope Improves Cancer Cell Detection
Using advanced microfluidics and real-time image processing to classify cells in blood samples, a new optical microscope developed by UCLA engineers is roughly 100 times…
Nanotextures Make Anti-Fogging, Self-Cleaning and Glare-Free Glass
Are you tried of foggy windows on rainy days and glare coming off your TV screen? Scientists at MIT have developed a new process of…