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Create super resolution images in software to print your photos BIG
Modern cameras have resolutions that photographers of the last decade could only dream of – things have come a long way in a very short time. The standard is now believed to be around the 30MP mark, while it’s not uncommon to find full-frame mirrorless cameras with sensors above 50MP. With such a high number …
New Bridgerton Season 2 Images Tease Dance, Romance, and a Corgi
The new Bridgerton season 2 footage is here, and it’s got everything you’ve come to expect from the Netflix drama — romance, beautiful sets, and lavish costumes. The second season of the hit series shifts the focus from Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Duke Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) to Daphne’s older brother, Lord Anthony Bridgerton …
NASA’s DART spacecraft captures first images
Just two weeks after launch, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft returned its first images from space.
James Webb Space Telescope vs. Hubble: How will their images compare?
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is currently set to launch and become the most powerful telescope in space. But how will its photos compare to those of Hubble? The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit in April 1990. Over the next three decades, the famed observatory has broadened our view of the …
Oppo Find N foldable phone featured in leaked images
Rumors around an Oppo foldable phone have been swirling for months now, and although its existence has been confirmed – with a launch slated for December 15 – we don’t really have a clue what the phone will look like. device … until now. A consistently reliable prognosticator @evleaks has posted a bunch of high …
A detachable head-mounted microscope allows images of brain activity in mice
The first-ever detachable-head-mounted photoacoustic microscope for imaging brain activity in freely moving mice has been developed by scientists. The device has the ability to be removed once imaging is complete, enabling long-term studies that can reveal crucial information about neurodegenerative diseases and other neurological disorders. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com/Konstantin Kolosov Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s‘s disease and parkinson‘s disease …
SPHERE directly images a large orbiting gas giant in a nearby binary system
Named b Centauri (AB) b (or b Centauri b), the new exoplanet is estimated to be only 15 million years old and 10 times the mass of Jupiter, according to an analysis of data collected by the high-contrast spectro-polarimetric exoplanet . Finding aid (SPHERE) mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Artist’s impression of b …
Instax Link Wide lets you print large images from your smartphone
Fujifilm just announced the highly anticipated Instax Link Wde smartphone printer – the latest in the Instax line of instant printing devices. It is designed to complement the successful Instax Mini Link smartphone printer that was introduced in 2019, but this new model allows images to be printed in a larger format. The wide link …
Astronomers capture images of 42 large asteroids in the main belt
Using the Spectro-Polarimetric High Contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers conducted a high-angular resolution imaging study of 42 large asteroids in the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. Their results appear in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. This image represents 42 of the largest objects in …
New images reveal 3D chromatin organization in living cell nuclei
Chromatin is a substance inside a chromosome made up of DNA and proteins. The main proteins in chromatin are histones, which help condition DNA in a compact form that fits into the cell nucleus. New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science has revealed a previously unknown mode of organization of nuclear chromatin in fully …
Images from the Hubble NGC 2164 Space Telescope
A new image taken with NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at an open cluster known as NGC 2164.
LOFAR captures the most detailed images ever seen of distant galaxies
Using data from the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a radio telescope that operates at frequencies between 10 and 240 MHz and consists of 52 stations spread across Europe, astronomers observed radio galaxy 4C 43.15, the quasar 3C 293 and the supergiant elliptical galaxy Hercules A as well as gravitational lenses MG 0751+2716 and CLASS B1600+434. …
UR: Create deeper VLA images by stacking
by Guest | Jul 11, 2021 | Undergraduate Research | The Undergraduate Research Series is where we present the research that you are beautiful To do. If you are an undergraduate student who has participated in a REU or similar astro research project and would like to share this on Astrobites, please see our submission …
The biosensor records and creates images of tissues and organs
June 18, 2021 A patent pending novel Purdue University biosensor that can be 3D printed with automated printing technology may soon allow surgeons to locate critical areas of organs and tissues during surgery. A fully printable biosensor composed of soft bio-ink interfaces with a pig’s heart. Research on the biosensor, developed by researchers at Purdue …
Ultrafine nanocrystals convert infrared images to wavelength
June 16, 2021 Due to a wide range of applications, such as night vision devices, lidar, remote sensing, and food quality monitoring, the need to detect infrared (IR) light, which is invisible to human eye, is continuously growth. The new proof-of-concept technology is ultra-compact, ultra-lightweight and could one day enable infrared imaging on standard goggles. …
New infrared imager converts infrared light into clear images
May 6, 2021 Imagine mapping an individual’s blood vessels while simultaneously monitoring heart rate without coming into contact with the person’s skin, seeing through fog and smog, and seeing through silicon wafers to verify composition and the quality of the electronic cards. The new infrared imager is slim and compact with a large area display. …
New reflective array microscope images mouse brain through intact skull
December 3, 2020 In vivo imaging of living tissue is usually performed by non-invasive microscopic techniques such as optical coherence microscopy and two-photon microscopy. The schematic of the reflection array microscope that was developed by researchers at the Molecular and Dynamical Spectroscopy Research Center at IBS. The system uses confocal scanning and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, …
ESA’s Sentinel-2A satellite returns its first color images of Earth
Just four days after entering orbit, the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite delivered its first images of Earth. Acquired on June 27, 2015, this first image of Sentinel-2A covers the Po Valley, framed by the Alps to the north and the coastal mountains of France and Italy to the south. Scratches observed over water are …
New Horizons takes first color images of Pluto and Charon
that of NASA New Horizons The spacecraft captured its first color images of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moon, Charon. Image Credit: JPL / NASA Laurel Kornfeld April 25, 2015 Using the Ralph color imager, one of its seven sophisticated instruments, New Horizons took his first color images of Pluto and Charon on April …