Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have successfully measured the body temperature of cows using a non-invasive method with AI and infrared technology.

In 2024, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample, Sapphire Canyon, that features white, leopardlike spots and might hold clues about sources of organic molecules within Mars. In Review of Scientific Instruments, researchers used optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy to study a visually similar rock to try to determine if O-PTIR can be applied to the Sapphire Canyon sample when it is eventually brought here. They aimed to see if O-PTIR could differentiate between the rock’s primary material and its dark inclusions and found it was extremely effective because of the enhanced spatial resolution of O-PTIR.