Science news articles about 'infrared spectrometer'

  • ESA to consult the science community on Earth Explorer selection

    ... by previous missions. The instrumentation will consist of an infrared limb-imaging spectrometer and a millimetre-wave limbsounder ... in ranges between ultraviolet and short-wave infrared, spectrometers in the thermal infrared, a multi-directional polarization ...
  • Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan

    ... , or 150 miles, long. The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, or VIMS, an instrument run from The University ... expectations for exciting future lake discoveries by the infrared spectrometer," Soderblom, an interdisciplinary Cassini scientist ...
  • Nano sculptures in gold

    ... in the Netherlands. The researchers ingeniously combined an infrared spectrometer and a mass spectrometer to show the structures of uncharged ... in question is revealed by the wavelength that registers on the scale of the infrared spectrometer. Since the scientists in Berlin want ...
  • Steins: A diamond in the sky

    ... from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results. "Steins looks like ...
  • German spectrometer flies to the Moon

    ... science and technology contribution to the mission comprises an infrared spectrometer designed and built by the Max Planck ... System Research (MPS) in Katlenburg-Lindau. The spectrometer will play a fundamental role in the production of the first ...
  • Improved spectrometer based on nonlinear optics

    ... Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light ... of industrial applications. The cost and system complexity of the spectrometer is reduced because it only uses one single-photon detector ...
  • Improved Spectrometer Based On Nonlinear Optics

    ... a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where the availability of superior ...
  • Chandrayaan-1 starts observations of the Moon

    ... the surface, the radar was used to determine the altitude, and the mass spectrometer was used to study the thin lunar atmosphere. The probe ... that everything is working properly. The European near-infrared spectrometer SIR-2 was commissioned successfully ...
  • Terahertz waves are effective probes for IC heat barriers

    ... modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards ...
  • Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes For Integrated Circuit Heat Barriers

    ... modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers discovered an efficient new ...
  • Monitoring water through a snake's eyes

    ... , to track down prey. Connected to a commercial infrared spectrometer, the fibers serve as sensors that can detect ... ," explains Prof. Katzir. "But we can clearly distinguish between liquids using an infrared spectrometer which can distinguish between 'colors' in the invisible ...
  • The minerals on Mars influence the measuring of its temperature

    ... of the Martian soil", she explained to SINC. The infrared spectrometers register how the different mixtures of minerals reflect this type of radiation and this information is used to calculate the environmental ...
  • Steins: A diamond in the sky

    The first images from Rosetta’s OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.
  • A long night falls over Saturn's rings

    ... , the coldest yet observed, as seen by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument on board the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. CIRS was developed ...
  • Safe journey for works of art

    ... to form. We quantitatively analyze this reaction layer using an infrared spectrometer. A few weeks later, crystalline products may also start to appear on the surface of the glass, enabling ...

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