optics
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Engineers Heat Up Dark Universe Telescope, Restoring Euclid’s Sight
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid telescope is back in action after an experimental procedure restored its ability to see the light in the cold, dark depths of space. After noticing a gradual dip in the amount of light measured by Euclid from its surrounding stars, the team behind the mission devised a plan to…
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Sony’s Sequel to the Popular ZV-1 Vlogging Camera Has a Wider Lens, Costs $US100 ($139) More
There’s been some debate as to whether or not there exists enough of a market to warrant a mirrorless camera that focuses on video features targeted at content creators. But three years after the debut of the Sony ZV-1, and several other models in between, Sony is introducing an update to the original with the…
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Physicists Create Photonic Time Crystal That Amplifies Light
A team of researchers designed a two-dimensional photonic time crystal that they say could have applications in technologies like transmitters and lasers.
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Researchers Invent a Privacy-Preserving Camera That Only Captures What You Want
Privacy is an obvious concern now that everything from smartphones to smartwatches to even smart glasses has built-in cameras. Banning covert cameras is never going to happen, and digitally altering images for privacy reasons is a real pain. So, researchers at UCLA are instead working on a radical new kind of camera that can selectively…