Keeping the energy in the room: Professor Ben Mazin talks superconductors, exoplanets and dance clubs as he explains advances in sensor technology - Science Daily

Researchers are developing precision optical sensors for telescopes and observatories. The team has now improved the spectra resolution of their superconducting sensor, a major step in their ultimate goal: analyzing the composition of exoplanets.

It may seem like technology advances year after year, as if by magic. But behind every incremental improvement and breakthrough revolution is a team of scientists and engineers hard at work.UC Santa … [+5811 chars]

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