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Infrared Light Offers a Cooler Way to Defrost

发表于 2019-04-09 defrost infrared adchoices

Light tuned to a specific frequency warms ice more than water—which could come in handy for defrosting delicate biological samples. Adam Levy reports. Learn mor…

Eye Treatment Stretches Mouse Sight Beyond Visible Spectrum

发表于 2020-12-13 stretches infrared spectrum

Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…

NASA Scientists Show How Gravitational Waves Can Reveal New Worlds

发表于 2026-11-11 dwarfs infrared gravitational

The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in space-time caused by orbitin…

SOFIA Studying the Birth of Stars from a Flying Telescope

发表于 2017-09-24 747 infrared astronomers

SOFIA is the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Some German astronomers have made a one hundred inch telescope that picks up infrared. They bent …

Invisible Infrared: James Webb Space Telescope with Professor Tuthill

发表于 2022-11-06 tuthill infrared telescope

Professor Peter Tuthill and Dr Karl live on stage at Sydney Ideas. They peel back how and why the James Webb Space Telescope (our Infrared Eye in the sky) has k…