New method for measuring luminescence lifetime offers breakthrough in scientific imaging

Ac­cel­er­at­ing the pace of dis­cov­ery in sci­ence and in­dustry

22-Oct-2024 - Re­search­ers at the Max Planck In­sti­tute for Mar­ine Mi­cro­bi­o­logy, Leib­niz-In­sti­tute for Baltic Sea Re­search and Uni­versity of Copen­ha­gen in­tro­duce an in­nov­at­ive ap­proach to im­age lu­min­es­cence life­times. This simple ap­proach uses read­ily-avail­able cost-ef­fect­ive ...

Infrared Detector for Smartphones and Autonomous Vehicles

Switching between different wavelengths

19-Aug-2021 - Jülich researchers, together with Italian and German colleagues, have developed a particularly cost-effective infrared detector that can be easily integrated into existing camera chips and smartphones. The new sensor can make two technically important ranges of infrared radiation visible, which ...

How to combat radiological weapons

Safety assistance system warns of dirty bombs

04-Sep-2017 - The threat of terrorism in Europe has been on the rise in recent years, with experts and politicians particularly worried that terrorists might make use of dirty bombs. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a new system that will be able to detect possible carriers of radioactive substances, even ...

Filming chemistry with a high speed x-ray camera

Chemistry happens all around us. A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms in and between molecules, the breaking of old and the formation of new bonds. The glue that binds atoms in molecules an

09-Dec-2014 - Chemistry happens all around us. A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms in and between molecules, the breaking of old and the formation of new bonds. The glue that binds atoms in molecules and creates the bonds between them is made out of valence electrons. Scientists of the ...

Minerals and ores in a chemical photo lab

15-Oct-2013 - A unique colour X-ray camera goes into operation at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) today. With this camera, it will be possible for the researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), a part of the HZDR, to determine within a very short period of ...