A UK research team has developed a pioneering blood test that could change the way lung cancer is detected and monitored.

Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient ...

A multilayered semiconductor acting as an optical sensor opens the way to miniaturized, adjunct spectrometers.

LETWESAF Camping Radar Security Alarm uses 24 GHz radar to detect threats through fog, rain, and darkness. Works offline with ...

At the heart of every camera is a sensor, whether that sensor is a collection of light-detecting pixels or a strip of ...

Then, on November 25, teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, joined the inner and outer portions ...

A metasurface-enhanced thermal photodetector achieves 125 picosecond response times, approaching semiconductor speeds without ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive organs to attract beetle pollinators and the insects possess infrared ...

While NASA's James Webb Telescope and other instruments have already spotted abundant water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon ...

"As Santa flies through the skies, satellites track his position by detecting Rudolph's nose, which gives off an infrared signature similar to that of a missile." ...

“The problem was in the infrared detectors. It’s common for almost all the observing modes, but the one [head of Charles’ lab ...

Even when targets are partially obscured by snow, vegetation, or uneven terrain, Raytron's infrared thermal sensor is capable of detecting heat signatures of humans or animals quickly. At the core of ...