It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

Fight Fire with Light: Fiber optic networks power the overwhelming majority of global internet traffic at any given moment. They can also be used to develop extremely precise light-based sensors, ...

Pipeline contents are typically valuable, volatile, and harmful to the environment if allowed to escape. With them being susceptible to aging, accidental damage, or tampering, the chances of an escape ...

The recent development in the utilization of flexible optical fiber sensors and the prospective application scenarios were then summarized, which encompass human activity monitoring and healthcare, ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, 10.29026/oea.2023.230019 discusses exceptional-point-enhanced sensitivity – a new paradigm for high-sensitivity fiber sensors. The sensitivity of a ...

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a light-driven detection technique that concentrates thousands ...

Pittsburgh startup Sensible Photonics is betting its fiber optic tech could speed up power outage recovery — like what happened after this year’s major storm that left thousands in the dark. Utility ...

A proof-of-concept study found that the same tech that carries high-speed internet might help track notoriously noisy insects. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 30, 2023 10:00 AM EST Add Popular Science ...