Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester recently won $847,000 from NASA's Astronomy Physics Research and Analysis program to build and test a detector that will capture sharper images and consume less power than technology currently in use. This new detector could transform imaging applications on NASA space missions, improve biomedical imaging devices used in emergency rooms or on battlefields, and aid in homeland security surveillance efforts.

The detector, which will function at wavelengths spanning from ultraviolet to mid-infrared, will be able to operate reliably in the harsh radiation environment of space. The technology will shrink the required hardware on NASA planetary missions from the size of a crate weighing tens of pounds to a tiny thumb-sized chip. In addition, it will enhance images captured by ground telescopes that will rival those from orbiting telescopes, like the Hubble Space Telescope.

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