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Technology
This new camera may potentially detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter
High-resolution camera made of 1,024 sensors that count single photons, or particles of light.
Invention
Measuring temperature with invisible light
The most common way to check if someone has a fever without a thermometer is to feel the forehead or neck with the back...
Nanotechnology
Researchers Boost Intensity of Nanowire LEDs
Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, thanks to a special type of...
Technology
New antenna evaluation method could help boost 5G network capacity
5G will be a system of systems that extend far beyond radio. 5G systems will avoid crowded conventional wireless channels by using higher, millimeter-wave frequency...
Science
NIST atomic clocks now keep time well enough to improve models of Earth
A newly developed experimental atomic clock can precisely tick to improve timekeeping and navigation. It additionally can detect signals from gravity, the early universe and...
Technology
How microscopic machines can fail within seconds?
To what extent can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they destroy? What are the warning signs that these segments are...
Technology
New device widens light beams by 400 times
Scientists at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) have developed an efficient converter that enlarges the diameter of a light beam by...
Science
Do kitchen items shed antimicrobial nanoparticles after use?
Silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size are being incorporated outside the United States into a variety...
Science
Redefining the kilogram: A turning point for humanity
The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), and is defined as being equal to the mass...
Science
Signs of interactive form of quantum matter
For the first ever time, JILA scientists have confined groups of a couple of atoms and precisely estimated their multi-particle cooperations inside an atomic clock....