Q: What are diffraction gratings? A diffraction grating is an optical component for spectroscopy that splits light into different wavelengths. A typical diffraction grating has thousands of grooves ...

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A new chip-scale spectrometer challenges the long-standing reliance on bulky optical systems by replacing physical light ...

Fiber optic SERS probes, called “optrodes,” combine spectroscopy with the flexibility and versatility of fiber optic cables.

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Nearly every object we interact with in our lives has a mass, but where does this mass come from? Modern physics says matter acquires its mass from interaction with a physical vacuum—it is not an ...

A light-sensitive crystal is opening the door to a new era of “light-written” technology. Arsenic trisulfide can be reshaped ...

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A NASA spokesperson details the Avatar experiment set to take place on Artemis II during its trip around the moon. The experiment involves analogy tissue samples taken from crew members who have been ...

Engineered multilayer coatings and dual toroidal mirrors enable three-band temperature diagnostics to support fusion ...

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In 1961 the structure of one protein, myoglobin, was known at 6 Å resolution and its 2 Å structure would soon be published. The structural determinations of hemoglobin and hen lysozyme were well under ...