Accurate and objective measurement and monitoring of light and color is critical in various applications and industries. Each industry has its own requirements and challenges when measuring color and ...

Human vision relies on light. After reflecting off surfaces, light enters into the eyes and travels through the cornea and pupil to produce an image on the retina. The eye is sensitive to a broad ...

Smartphone sensors and microphones are not exactly designed to be used as measuring tools. Also, the quality of these ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and optical loss from the sample are present. (Nanowerk News) ...

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a technique for obtaining accurate laser-based measurements of objects hidden behind complex scattering structures. They say that their mathematical formula, which ...

This is a subject close to my own heart - I was slightly involved in an earlier iteration of very similar research. The aim is to find out how rich or poor people are in remote or otherwise ...

Researchers have developed a nondestructive method utilizing light to estimate the total amount of polyphenols and flavonoids in spice extracts, along with their antioxidant and reducing capacities.

Pasadena, CA — Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement ...

A method using light to measure blood glucose levels could save diabetes patients from frequent finger pricks every day.