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REDFINCH Consortium Detects Gas with Light, Sound

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AUTUM C. PYLANT, NEWS EDITOR, [email protected]

GRENOBLE, France, Nov. 26, 2018 — Events such as the Port of Rizhao gas plant explosion in China that killed 173 people and injured hundreds of others in 2015; the explosion at the U.S.’s third largest refinery in Texas City, Texas, in 2005; and the Buncefield oil storage explosion in Hertfordshire, England, in 2005 can devastate commun­ities, leaving a mark for generations. By using autonomous patrolling robots, photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and photoacoustic gas sensors, European researchers are using light and sound together to prevent similar mishaps. The REDFINCH (mid-infraRED Fully INtegrated...Read full article

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    Published: November 2018
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