optical
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Startups are using gene editing and sensors to make plants emit optical signals or change colors when they are under stress from pests or disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“It’s kind of like adding a line of code, so that once the plant is reacting to, say, fungal pressure, it’s going to start producing a protein that creates an optical signal,” says Aronov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Even the smallest improvements in optical precision could help Roman capture clearer images during its sweeping surveys of the cosmos.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Roman's Wide Field Instrument achieved optical performance nearly 30% better than the team had predicted.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
It’s as though we’re all clouds of gas, optical illusions—like how spokes on a spinning bicycle wheel blur invisibly into a solid barrier between hereandthere, thisside and thatside.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing optical
Common Senses: Op, Ops, Opt ("Sight")
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