The findings, detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on October 20, 2025, by a team led by University of Maryland and ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have detected the building blocks of life in ice outside the Milky Way for the ...

Block MEMS, a developer of quantum cascade laser-based infrared detection systems, has won a $9.8 million contract with the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop a ...

Objective of SIGMA+ is to protect cities against diverse chemical threats, expanding on earlier SIGMA’s nuclear focus. SIGMA+ expands on SIGMA’s focus on detecting nuclear threats. Block MEMS, a ...

EDGEWOOD, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection Inc., a global leader in threat detection and security technology, alongside Block MEMS, LLC (Block) has been selected by The Defense Threat Reduction ...

Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Block Engineering, LLC announced today that its PORTHOS (TM) automated chemical detection system has been deployed with the Japan Disaster Management Agency at ...

A review is made of the physics and technology of spectrally selective thermal detectors, especially those operating at non-cryogenic temperatures. The background radiation noise fluctuations are ...