Gadgetry and clever engineering quietly transform how military forces operate. These gadgets deliver subtlety, enable ...

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To explore some properties of small-scale magnetic structures in the solar wind at 1 AU, measurements from the THEMIS-ARTEMIS mission with two spacecraft in orbit around the Earth’s moon are used. The ...

The compact integrated quantum magnetometer of Fraunhofer IAF is based on nitrogen vacancies (NV) in diamond and offers new applications in biomedicine, materials testing, navigation, and geology.

Breathalyzers are a frequently used tool to measure the amount of ethanol in someone's breath, which relates to their blood alcohol content. However, alcoholic beverages contaminated by methanol ...

Researchers have developed a system, called ProxiCycle, that logs when a passing car comes too close to a cyclist (four feet or less). A small, inexpensive sensor plugs into bicycle handlebars and ...

In today's world, shooting with a camera phone or a compact camera is undeniably popular. For many people, the advantages of using pocket-sized technology surpass those of DSLRs or mirrorless cameras, ...

We’re probably all familiar with the Hall Effect, at least to the extent that it can be used to make solid-state sensors for magnetic fields. It’s a cool bit of applied physics, but there are other ...