News articles tagged with 'spectral'
Broadband coming wirelessly to the bush
— 3 Nov 2010 19:01 | TechnologyA major CSIRO breakthrough in wireless technology designed to bring broadband to people living beyond the optical fibre network, has been unveiled in Sydney…
Novel zoom objective with deformable mirrors
— 20 Jan 2010 11:33 | TechnologyAn small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) circles above the ground, capturing the typical green of a coniferous forest or the radiated heat from a town. The objectives in its on-board…
NASA mission meets the carbon dioxide measurement challenge
— 11 Feb 2009 10:00 | EnvironmentThe challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth's surface. For Orbiting Carbon Observatory Principal Investigator…
New technique boosts protein NMR imaging speeds
— 9 Feb 2009 21:16 | ChemistrySolid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, or SSNMR, is a valuable tool to image and analyse the chemical makeup of proteins and other biomolecules. But the imaging process is time-consuming…
Scientists use chemometric method to determine age of skeletal remains
— 6 Oct 2008 22:31 | ChemistryBaylor University researchers have found a promising new method to determine the date of skeletal remains. The relatively simple technique of applying statistics to chemical measurements…
Checking people at airports - with terahertz radiation
— 18 Sep 2008 22:34 | TechnologyWithin the last few years the number of transport checks - above all at airports - has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of…
New X-ray source could be brightest in the world
— 22 Jun 2008 12:30 | TechnologyThe future of high-intensity X-ray science has never been brighter now that scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised a new type of next generation…
When it comes to the circadian system, not all light exposure is created equal
— 9 Jun 2008 12:29 | BiologyLike a wristwatch that needs to be wound daily for accurate time-telling, the human circadian system - the biological cycles that repeat approximately every 24 hours - requires daily…
Spectral emissivity measurements for radiation thermometry
— 29 May 2008 17:32 | TechnologyIndustry and research are increasingly relying on non-contact temperature measurements with the aid of heat radiation, for example, for the reliable and reproducible drying of car paint.…
Infrared remote sensing to measure the temperature of flames
— 9 Apr 2008 15:55 | PhysicsScientists from the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid study the use of optical techniques for the measurement of parameters, mainly of the temperature of the flame, in combustion processes…