Every area of interest, particularly if it’s the least bit technical, has its own specialized vocabulary. For example, when the Global Positioning System (GPS) came along and I decided to get a ...

Shini talks to us about optical instruments and how they make magnification possible. How do lenses work? How do they form images? Well, in order to understand how optics work, we have to understand ...

For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical instruments, scanning the skies for artificial signals. Now, researchers are taking ...

With 2009 being the International Year of Astronomy, it is an apt time to reflect on just how far telescope technologies have come, and speculate about the future. Just over 400 years ago, Hans ...

GARDNER, Mass., Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: POCI), a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, PA, Aug. 13, 2008 – ABB, a power and automation technology company, today announced the launch of a new generation of magneto optical current transducer (MOCT-P) optical instrument ...

LENZBURG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“We design and build reliable, instrument-grade lenses for experts who use 40+ megapixel high-resolution sensors. Every one of our designs delivers an MTF50 ...

Among the various optics-based tools used in diagnostics, diffuse optics (DO) is rapidly emerging as one of the most attractive technologies. The technique is based on analyzing how light is absorbed ...

Smart technology has reshaped cameras, watches, and wearables, but binoculars have largely stayed the same. Showcased at ...

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A shipping container holding the optics and instruments for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is removed from a C-5 cargo aircraft Feb. 2 for transport to a Northrop Grumman facility, where it will ...

A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic ...