Apr 13, 2026 | Astrospectroscopy, Color Measurement, News
The Lyrid meteor shower and spectroscopy intersect in the study of meteors’ chemical composition and physical properties. When a meteor from the Lyrid shower enters Earth’s atmosphere, it heats up and ionizes, creating a bright streak of light....
Apr 1, 2026 | Atmospheric, Color Measurement, News, Optical Metrology, Solar SpectroRadiometry, SpectroRadiometry
The Science Behind Rainbows Rainbows form when sunlight interacts with water droplets in the atmosphere. As light enters a droplet, it refracts (bends) due to the change in medium from air to water, which slows down the light waves. Once inside the droplet, some of...
Aug 12, 2025 | Astrospectroscopy, Color Measurement, News
The Perseid meteor shower and spectroscopy intersect in the study of meteors’ chemical composition and physical properties. When a meteor from the Perseid shower enters Earth’s atmosphere, it heats up and ionizes, creating a bright streak of light....
May 14, 2025 | Color Measurement, News
Harsha S. Deshmukh and Gajanan G. Muley 2025 | Department of Physics, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University Abstract The upconversion (UC) phosphors in the series (100-x-y-z)Y2O3+xLa2O3+yYb2O3+zEr2O3 with x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; y=3; z=0.1 were prepared by a combustion...
Feb 13, 2025 | Application, Color Measurement, News
February 14th means love is in the air! The smell of roses, the taste of chocolate, the bubbly feel of wine on the palate. 250 million roses will be produced for this years’ Valentine’s Day. 73% of those will be red. Do you know why red is the most popular color?...
Mar 28, 2024 | Application, Color Measurement, UV-VIS Absorption
Tram Anh Ngoc Le, Wei Ning Chen Published: 15 January 2024 | School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Abstract Many tropical fruit seeds are disposed of as waste but have high values for food...