How to Use near-infrared in a Sentence

near-infrared

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  • The stars, captured in near-infrared light, are known as Herbig-Haro 46/47 and are buried in a disk of gas and dust.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The craft is equipped with a pair of cameras that can photograph light in both the visible spectrum and in near-infrared wavelengths the human eye can’t see on its own.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In contrast, the new method used a near-infrared laser with a peak power of approximately 10 gigawatts.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The near-infrared image also shows Saturn more as a hazy planet, instead of the usual striped(Opens in a new window) appearance.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 June 2023
  • The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the activity of a pair of forming young stars in high-resolution near-infrared light.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • Some newer machines, Tour told me, could be activated with an even weaker light, known as near-infrared.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • Observing in the near-infrared spectrum (wavelengths of light that are a bit longer than our eyes can detect), JWST revealed hundreds of newborn stars.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The Hubble Space Telescope had photographed the same area, capturing brown, almost opaque appendages, but Webb’s near-infrared camera pierced the clouds and revealed stars within them.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The researchers extended the laser comb’s frequency range from the near-infrared region of the spectrum into the mid-infrared part—where molecules absorb light two to three times more strongly.
    — Starre Vartan, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • An image stitched together from multiple images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared light.
    — Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
  • Although humans can't see it, artist Scott Kildall uses an infrared sensor to translate near-infrared light into sound.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 June 2024
  • The reason is because the space telescope imaged the planet in near-infrared light, which can better capture dimmer objects compared to the visible light spectrum.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 June 2023
  • The latest snapshot makes use of the Webb’s near-infrared camera, which captured gas, dust and molecules radiating at warmer temperatures.
    — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The telescope observes wavelengths of light ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared from Saturn.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The company makes lidar, a key ingredient in autonomous driving that uses near-infrared light to detect the shapes and distances of objects.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 May 2024
  • The telescope’s ability to observe the universe in different wavelengths of infrared light, such as near-infrared and mid-infrared, showcases the stars, gas and dust within the intricate structure of each galaxy.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • However, while Hubble cannot detect light beyond near-infrared, Webb was designed to observe infrared wavelengths.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Beyond imaging the cosmos, Europe’s space telescope also uses near-infrared spectroscopy to learn about the chemical makeup and motion of galaxies and stars.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The difference is, instead of green or red LEDs, noninvasive blood glucose monitoring would use infrared or near-infrared light.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Researchers were eventually able to use functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), which measures the activity of neurons in the outer layers of the cortex.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • While some laser treatments use thermal damage to trigger a healing response (and thus, collagen production), LLLT uses cold, near-infrared light to penetrate layers of skin.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Vogue Verified mask uses red and near-infrared lights to promote a more radiant complexion, smooth wrinkles, and diminish dark spots, and rejuvenate skin with consistent use.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 June 2024
  • Observing in both visible and near-infrared light, Euclid will not only image galaxies but also precisely measure the age of about 30 million of them by picking apart their light in a technique called spectroscopy.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
  • For shining light into human tissue, near-infrared frequencies are ideal.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2023
  • The light that non-line-of-sight imaging depends on is typically very dim, and until now, the detectors that were efficient and sensitive enough for non-line-of-sight imaging could only detect either visible or near-infrared light.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
  • From there, there is also the possibility of augmenting GeiwBot’s design to use near-infrared radiation in lieu of UV light to make the device more biocompatible.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The first of its four Great Observatories was Hubble, launched in 1990, which can perceive in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the spectrum of electromagnetic energy waves.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • This boundary denotes where the supernova explosion collides with surrounding material that isn’t hot enough to be detected in near-infrared.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • One contender is functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), which measures the same physiological response but is small enough to be incorporated into a hat.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
  • Indeed, distance sensing is a sweet spot for the current generation of metalens technology, which operates at near-infrared wavelengths.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2023

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