A team of researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has found that the human hand can be used as a powerless infrared radiation (IR) source in multiple kinds of applications. In their paper ...

Kelheim Fibers, a leading manufacturer of viscose specialty fibers, has developed a new viscose fiber that reflects infrared (IR) radiation for thermal retention. According to the company, the human ...

In fact, his team found the same thing in tests with only IR: infrared alone has no impact. A trick for sensing infrared It isn't possible for mosquitoes to detect thermal infrared radiation the same ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The infrared radiation (IR) emitter and receiver market is expected to register a CAGR of almost 7% during 2020-2024, as per the latest research report by Technavio. The ...

One of the central ideas in modern physics is the phase transition—a sudden transformation of the state of a material. We encounter phase transitions throughout everyday life: water freezes into ice, ...

An international team of researchers, led by Drexel University, has found that a thin coating of MXene — a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial discovered and studied at Drexel for more than a decade ...

As great as cameras that operate in the visual light spectrum are, they omit a lot of the information that can be gleaned from other wavelengths. There is also the minor issue that visibility is often ...

In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it's not always clear just what these devices are or do. For starters, the IR in the name stands for infrared, which ...