When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have directly measured a blazing-bright object on the opposite side of the Milky Way, ...

iOS: Sometimes you need to get a quick measurement of something and you probably don’t carry a ruler around, but of course, there’s an app for that. VisualRuler gives you a decent estimate of an ...

Many creatures in nature, including butterflies, newts and mole rats, use Earth's inherent magnetic field lines and field intensity variations to determine their geographical position. The spatial ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a technique for obtaining accurate laser-based measurements of objects hidden behind complex scattering structures. They say that their mathematical formula, which ...

The ISL29501 overcomes the shortcomings of traditional amplitude-based proximity sensors and other ToF solutions that perform poorly in lighting conditions above 2,000 lux, or cannot provide distance ...

Tape measures are one of those things that you never seem to be able to find when you need them. Fortunately, it’s likely that you have your phone somewhere near you these days, and now Apple is ...

Measure-Object cmdlet has some interesting properties, but it's up to us to figure out how to use them creatively. If you've been reading Prof. PowerShell for a while, I'm sure you've seen a few ...

Dust measurements of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS provide constraints on its nucleus size, indicating a minimum radius of 1 km for a natural comet, as reported by Avi Loeb.

Gravity may feel like one of the most familiar forces, but it’s actually among those we understand least. We know our current model of gravity is inconsistent with quantum mechanics. It also fails to ...