Starlust on MSN

NASA's James Webb delivers first-ever detection of life's 'building blocks' in ice outside our galaxy

The findings, detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on October 20, 2025, by a team led by University of Maryland and ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Life’s building blocks found in ice beyond our galaxy

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have detected the building blocks of life in ice outside the Milky Way for the ...
Science Daily

NASA's Webb finds life’s building blocks frozen in a galaxy next door

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...
IFLScience on MSN

First-Ever Detection Of Complex Organic Molecules In Ice Outside Of The Milky Way

A fantastic new discovery has given astronomy an unexpected window into the formation of life-precursor molecules in an ...
Optics

Block MEMS wins $9.8m US contract for detection of chemical threats

Block MEMS, a developer of quantum cascade laser-based infrared detection systems, has won a $9.8 million contract with the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop a ...
EDN

Infrared proximity sensing: Building blocks, mechanical considerations, & design trade-offs

Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...
Business Wire

Block Engineering Deploys PORTHOS (TM) Chemical Detection Systems for Japanese Olympics

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Block Engineering, LLC announced today that its PORTHOS (TM) automated chemical detection system has been deployed with the Japan Disaster Management Agency at ...