Research

Guide to Selecting an IR Camera for R&D Uses

September 14, 2011 Applications

Croissy-Beaubourg, FRANCE — Drawing upon over 50 years experience of designing and supplying thermal imaging cameras for Research and Development applications, FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions have developed an informative new guide entitled ’7 Things to Know When Selecting an IR Camera for Research & Development’. Every day researchers throughout the world are looking for new [...]

International Workshop on Ultracold Molecules

September 2, 2011 Cryogenics

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7 – 11 November 2011 Stellenbosch, South Africa — An International Workshop on Ultracold Molecules will take place from 7 – 11 November 2011 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). This workshop will cover many areas of contemporary interest in this rapidly growing field, including applications to chemistry, many–body physics, and precision spectroscopy, [...]

NIR Helps Grade Grasses for Ethanol Yields

August 29, 2011 Agriculture

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A Quick Way… By Don Comis August 18, 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery’s loading dock. That future has been made possible by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, including Ken Vogel, Rob Mitchell, and Steve [...]

Deciphering a 10,000-Year-Old Weather Report

August 21, 2011 Climate

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Newswise — Geologists recently descended into caves on a small island in the middle of the South Pacific to try and gain a better understanding of weather patterns occurring as far back as 10,000 years ago. The researchers blogged about their experiences on the University of Alabama website at http://research.ua.edu/2011/07/caving-for-climate/ Led by Dr. Paul Aharon [...]

IR Thermal Imaging Cameras Help Predict Volcanic Activity…

August 20, 2011 Applications

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Croissy-Beaubourg,FRANCE — A new application report, available from FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions, provides an insight into how researchers around the world are using FLIR thermal imaging cameras to conduct research into various aspects of volcanic activity. Volcanoes are arguably the world’s most impressive heat related phenomena. Volcanic processes are intriguing and potentially extremely destructive. This [...]

First of Many Miniaturized Helio Instruments to be Delivered this Fall

August 13, 2011 Applications

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The WINCS Factory – Fred Herrero’s Dream NASA Goddard Space Flight Center — The instrument, developed with significant support from Fred Herrero’s partner, Andrew Nicholas of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), includes four spectrometers and three detectors assembled into a three-inch package using just 1.3 watts of power. It is designed to gather multipoint measurements [...]

The U.S. National Lightning Detection Network & Database (NLDN)

August 3, 2011 Climate

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GCMD, USA —The National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, consists of over 100 remote, ground-based sensing stations located across the United States that instantaneously detect the electromagnetic signals given off when lightning strikes the earth’s surface. These remote sensors send the raw data via a satellite-based communications network to the Network Control Center (NCC) operated by [...]

Improving chiral separation and natural product sample preparation

July 19, 2011 Bio-Medical

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Ipswich, UK & Stone Ridge NY, USA — The Genevac Rocket™ Evaporator is a powerful tool proven to accelerate traditionally difficult and time consuming chiral separation and natural product sample preparation tasks. The Genevac Rocket Evaporator is widely used by researchers seeking to extract functional molecules from natural sources. Typically investigations involve a primary solvent [...]

Two Days Left For ITS9 Abstracts!

July 14, 2011 Applications

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Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]

New Temp Sensor Sounds Good

June 25, 2011 Applications

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Temperature scientists at The UK’s NPL are developing a thermometer that uses sound waves to measure temperature. Teddington, UK – At the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) the new thermometer works on the principle that the speed of sound changes with temperature, traveling faster through warmer air. Such an instrument could potentially …

Paper Call: Ninth Temp Symposium

June 15, 2011 Bimetallic

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Los Angeles USA | 19-23 March 2012 The Ninth International Temperature Symposium, ITS9, will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) and the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proceedings published by: American Institute [...]

NIST/Industry Temp Tracking Device May Have Climate Metrology Uses

June 9, 2011 Applications

Gaithersburg MD, USA – National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are working to reduce the uncertainty associated with climate-change measurements using a mobile temperature-sensing technology made for tracking delicate or perishable, high-value packages in transit. Developed by international shipper FedEx and tested with help from NIST, the device connects to …

FLIR SC7000 For Thermal Imaging High Speed Events…

May 28, 2011 Non-Contact Sensors

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Capture fast moving objects & rapidly changing temperatures Croissy-Beaubourg, France — The FLIR SC7000 Series of Infrared Cameras from FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions (ATS) provide the high performance and facilities for thermal imaging of high speed events. These high-speed, high-resolution research grade cameras provide Gigabit Ethernet, Camera Link and USB interfaces for maximum …

Dave’s Canyon, Drop & Car Tests

May 14, 2011 Display

From Way, Way Out There Online —On EEVblog, there is an Aussie, Dave Jones who does all sorts of unique tests and comparisons of and to electronic devices. We found this recent, entertaining and informative video about a digital Multimeter that also measures temperature on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/3WeDfEG7kxA. It runs a mite long, but shows [...]

The big picture on energy loss

May 8, 2011 Applications

MIT system, tested in Cambridge, gives comprehensive view of energy inefficiency across large areas By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office Cambridge MA, USA – Getting an energy audit of a home or a commercial building can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But new techniques and technology developed by a team of MIT researchers [...]

NASA Mission & Rainfall Mystery

May 2, 2011 Climate

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Huntsville AL, USA — Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are carrying instruments above and into rain clouds. Meanwhile scientists are also getting rainfall …

Thermal Analysis, Calorimetry and Volumetry Apps for Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS)

April 1, 2011 Applications

Caluire- France & Newark CA, USA — Setaram offers a range of unique instrumentation that can simulate the conditions required for CCS, and presents a summary of three different applications that have been developed by both their existing users and within their own Application Laboratory Network. 1. CO2 capture on polymer …

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