Duma Optronics introduces a new instrument featuring both an accurate Electronic Autocollimator and a sophisticated Laser Beam Analysis system. The technology compiles the capabilities of an ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover, which touched down on the surface of Mars two weeks ago, has made the first use of its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, firing a laser at a rock and analyzing the ...

Determining the spectrum of a diode laser emission at a few µm is required for metrological applications based on other physical phenomena or interferometry such as the Raman effect which requires ...

An elemental examination of an item discovered during an inquiry might provide important information about its origin and history. However, since the item itself may need to be produced as evidence, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — To the naked eye, a diamond dug up in peaceful Australia is often indistinguishable from a diamond dug up to finance civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But a new means of ...

A laser transmitter has been developed that can measure dry bulk solids and opaque liquids at penetrations of up to an incredible 60 metres. By using an extremely small wavelength, the unit offers ...

You probably already know that cardboard is versatile, but that goes far beyond the corrugated stuff. There are many types of cardboard out there, some of which you may not even be aware of. In the ...

The U.S. Army's new laser weapon test range outside of its Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S.