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Tag Archives: Lenses
Crime-solving camera
Quick-change trick allows a digital camera to photograph blood concealed by paint
Posted in Light & Radiation
Tagged blood, blood detection, camera, crime, detectives, filter, filters, forensic science, forensics, getinvolved, Glenn Porter, infrared, lens, Lenses, lenses/mirrors/filters, light, paint, photography, physics, radiation, University of Western Sydney, wavelength
Fish eyes go green
Scientists find a surprise in the lens of a fish that lives in the dark
Posted in Animals
Tagged absorption, color, feature, fluorescence, Lenses, lenses/mirrors/filters, light, physics, reflection
The science of disappearing
Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged electron configuration and light, electrons, Invisibility, Lenses, light, radiation, waves/radiation
Fish needs see-through head
Barreleye peers out at the world like a fighter pilot does through a windshield
Galaxies on the go
Millions of stars are mysteriously racing toward one point in the sky
Posted in Space
Tagged absorption, color, Doppler, fluorescence, frequency shift, Lenses, light, physics, radiation, reflection, waves/radiation
Switchable Lenses Improve Vision
Special lenses that automatically focus can help people wearing eyeglasses see more clearly.
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged Lenses, lenses/mirrors/filters, light, physics, vision, waves
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