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Device for Analyzing Deep Space Could Detect Tumors, Air Particles
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
NASA pulls data from deep space and elsewhere using microchannel plates, devices that amplify particles or photons, making faint signals detectable. Under NASA SBIR contracts, Charlton, Massachusetts-based Incom Inc. has developed curved microchannel plates that can fit directly on instruments – from mass spectrometers to PET scanners – without adapters, improving performance in both space and Earthly applications.