WASHINGTON -- For the first time, researchers have fabricated sensing elements known as fiber Bragg gratings inside optical fibers designed to dissolve completely inside the body. The bioresorbable ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

Pipeline contents are typically valuable, volatile, and harmful to the environment if allowed to escape. With them being susceptible to aging, accidental damage, or tampering, the chances of an escape ...

New technology poised to enable more precise and compact navigation systems for airplanes, unmanned vehicles and for land and marine navigation WASHINGTON -- Researchers have taken an important new ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

Fight Fire with Light: Fiber optic networks power the overwhelming majority of global internet traffic at any given moment. They can also be used to develop extremely precise light-based sensors, ...