News tagged with electromagnetic signals
New instrument has potential to detect water deep underground on Mars (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep ...
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Study calls cell towers safe
Jul 26, 2007 |
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A study funded by the British government says mobile phone towers are not harmful to human health.
European light research opens door for optical storage and computing
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The goal of replacing electronics with optics for processing data in computers is coming closer through cutting edge European research into the mysterious properties of “fast and slow” light. The long term aim is to boost ...
0.2 second test for explosive liquids
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having ...
First Tunable, ‘Noiseless’ Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, have made the first tunable “noiseless” ...
New testing facility helps researchers improve land mine detection equipment
May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual ...
New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio (w/Video)
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio ...
Astronomers seek to explore the cosmic Dark Ages
Oct 15, 2009 |
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No place seems safe from the prying eyes of inquisitive astronomers. They've traced the evolution of the universe back to the "Big Bang," the theoretical birth of the cosmos 13.7 billion years ago, but there's still a long ...
Large earthquakes may broadcast warnings, but is anyone tuning in to listen?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Like geological ninjas, earthquakes can strike without warning. But there may be a way to detect the footfalls of large earthquakes before they strike, alerting their potential victims a week or more in advance. A Stanford ...
Prototype Terahertz Imager Promises Biochem Advances
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new imaging system that detects naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. ...
'T-ray' breakthrough signals next generation of security sensors
Feb 05, 2008 |
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A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published today in Nature Photonics.
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