Inspired by the infrared sensory organs of snakes, which allow them to detect prey in complete darkness, researchers at UNIST ...
A study demonstrates how the human hand can act as a powerless infrared radiation source in encryption/decryption and signal generation applications. Infrared emitters are used to interface with ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Infrared cameras detect people and other objects by the heat they emit. Now, researchers have discovered the uncanny ability of a material to hide a target by masking its ...
An international team of researchers has found that a thin coating of MXene -- a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial -- could enhance a material's ability to trap or shed heat. The discovery, which ...
You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and infrared captures a ...
A paper card with three sensors mounted on the front. Each sensor has a 3" lead wire attached to either end. Handwritten on card: "3 microns / E-IL Ektron Detectors / Lead Sulphide / ca. 1950 / W-2 / ...