How to Use near-infrared in a Sentence

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• The stars, captured in near-infrared light, are known as Herbig-Haro 46/47 and are buried in a disk of gas and dust.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plus, while red, blue, and near-infrared light therapy has been cleared by the FDA, other colors haven’t.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
• The craft is equipped with a pair of cameras that can photograph light in both the visible spectrum and in near-infrared wavelengths the human eye can’t see on its own.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• In contrast, the new method used a near-infrared laser with a peak power of approximately 10 gigawatts.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2023
• This mission will survey the sky in near-infrared light, which is a type of light that is invisible to the naked eye but that special instruments can detect.
  — Zhenbo Wang, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
• The near-infrared image also shows Saturn more as a hazy planet, instead of the usual striped(Opens in a new window) appearance.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 June 2023
• The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the activity of a pair of forming young stars in high-resolution near-infrared light.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 July 2023
• Some newer machines, Tour told me, could be activated with an even weaker light, known as near-infrared.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
• Observing in the near-infrared spectrum (wavelengths of light that are a bit longer than our eyes can detect), JWST revealed hundreds of newborn stars.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
• Locating the Lyman break requires imaging with with a spectrograph, which can sample the full spectrum of near-infrared light.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
• Locating the Lyman break requires imaging with a spectrograph, which can sample the full spectrum of near-infrared light.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
• The Hubble Space Telescope had photographed the same area, capturing brown, almost opaque appendages, but Webb’s near-infrared camera pierced the clouds and revealed stars within them.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• The researchers extended the laser comb’s frequency range from the near-infrared region of the spectrum into the mid-infrared part—where molecules absorb light two to three times more strongly.
  — Starre Vartan, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
• An image stitched together from multiple images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared light.
  — Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
• Binder’s cold laser therapy service is the use of specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared light to stimulate the body’s natural ability to heal.
  — Dasia Williams, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2024
• Although humans can't see it, artist Scott Kildall uses an infrared sensor to translate near-infrared light into sound.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 June 2024
• The reason is because the space telescope imaged the planet in near-infrared light, which can better capture dimmer objects compared to the visible light spectrum.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 June 2023
• The mask works by emitting red and near-infrared light, which penetrates deeply into the skin to stimulate collagen production and improve texture.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 Nov. 2024
• The latest snapshot makes use of the Webb’s near-infrared camera, which captured gas, dust and molecules radiating at warmer temperatures.
  — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• The telescope observes wavelengths of light ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared from Saturn.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• The company makes lidar, a key ingredient in autonomous driving that uses near-infrared light to detect the shapes and distances of objects.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 May 2024
• The telescope’s ability to observe the universe in different wavelengths of infrared light, such as near-infrared and mid-infrared, showcases the stars, gas and dust within the intricate structure of each galaxy.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• However, while Hubble cannot detect light beyond near-infrared, Webb was designed to observe infrared wavelengths.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2023
• Beyond imaging the cosmos, Europe’s space telescope also uses near-infrared spectroscopy to learn about the chemical makeup and motion of galaxies and stars.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• The difference is, instead of green or red LEDs, noninvasive blood glucose monitoring would use infrared or near-infrared light.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
• Researchers were eventually able to use functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), which measures the activity of neurons in the outer layers of the cortex.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
• It is hoped that once the technology is developed further it could be used to prevent infections in the weeks after surgery, via periodic applications of near-infrared light.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
• There are two primary types: red light therapy utilizes near-infrared light and can help with wrinkles, while blue light therapy uses wavelengths of blue light to help kill acne-causing bacteria.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
• While some laser treatments use thermal damage to trigger a healing response (and thus, collagen production), LLLT uses cold, near-infrared light to penetrate layers of skin.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 19 Apr. 2024
• Sunlight is composed of near-infrared light (which is invisible and accounts for 50% of sunlight); visible light (which includes red light); and ultraviolet light.
  — Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Feb 2025