Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has finally been brought back online.
HiRISE is one of the most potent scientific instruments eve... |
9 September 2011
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The Gaia mission that the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch in the near future will feature the largest, most advanced digital camera ever to fly in space. The array will feature a resolution of about one billion pixels, which will be pieced together from 106 separate electronic detectors.All of thes... |
6 July 2011
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The set of factors that have been working together for the past couple of years to relentlessly exterminate bee populations around the world just got a new addition. A recent study by the United Nations shows that globalization plays an important role in killing off the bees. Authors discovered that modern attempts o... |
11 March 2011
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A recent survey of eleven species of wild bees has revealed that the insects were carrying a number of the viruses that are currently threatening to collapse domesticated honeybee populations. Experts say that the contamination most likely occurred via flower pollen. The research was conducted in the United States, o... |
28 December 2010
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Digital cameras have moved over the years from being something that only the rich could afford to being a tool of the masses. Prices for the average models can be afforded, and only the top-notch ones remain untouchable for the common people. But experts have been looking for a way to make even cheaper image sensors ... |
8 October 2009
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After the recent announcement that the Nobel Prize for Medicine has gone to telomerase research, the Swedish Academy of Sciences has now announced its decision to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to three researchers who have dedicated their lives to learning how to harness the power of light for increasing humankind... |
6 October 2009
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Experts at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have recently concluded their work on the world's most advanced and sensitive video camera. The team was led by physics PhD student Olivier Daigle, and the first models of the new instrument were produced by Quebec-based Photon etc. The American space agency NASA... |
30 September 2009
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Microscopes are not exactly devices you would like to carry around in your pocket all day. They are generally bulky, require proper light sources, are fragile and last but not least, they are expensive. Their place is in the laboratory, not on the road. A new invention could make microscopes not only extremely small ... |
29 July 2008
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Case Western Reserve University researchers using new charge coupled device instrumentation are now able to view deeper and wider in the night sky than previously thought possible. CCDs are highly sensitive light sensors similar to those used by today's digital cameras. The new device was designed and installed ... |
20 May 2008
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Mitsubishi D905i is a phone that has seldom showed its face, although it looks great and has some interesting qualities. The handset should arrive at NTT DoCoMo this winter, as part of the high end 905i series.It looks like the Japanese get the best mobile phones out there. Their devices look highly different, rather... |
11 September 2007
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Since the beginning of digital photography, manufacturers have tried to improve sensors so as to capture more detail at high sensitivities. Kodak claim that they've succeeded in changing the original Bayer design, invented in 1976 by the famous Kodak researcher Dr. Bryce Bayer, resulting in sensitivities two tim... |
15 June 2007
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Samsung Electronics, one of the leaders in advanced semiconductor technology, announced recently an 8.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 pixel design at Samsung's fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum.The new CIS chip provides a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), a key measure of overall image quality. ... |
27 March 2007
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