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Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing may reduce wrinkles over long term

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing appears to be an effective long-term treatment for facial wrinkles, according to a report in the July/August issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.





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Researchers find demand for cosmetic and surgical procedures in dermatologic surgery rising rapidly

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Laser and Skin Cancer Center of Indiana, (Carmel, Indiana), found that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of procedures performed and patient ...


Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.


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Greek pilots see red from laser pen pranks

Technology / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greece's civil aviation pilots on Wednesday called for a crackdown on laser pen pranksters who have endangered a growing number of plane landings around the country.


Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work

Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 2

Fine wrinkles, deeper creases, saggy areas around the mouth and neck – the sights in the mirror that make baby boomers wince – are not inevitable. They result from a structural breakdown inside the skin that ...


Roadrunner supercomputer models nonlinear physics of high-power lasers

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

For years scientists have struggled with the difficult physics of inertial confinement fusion. This is the attempt to compress a target capsule containing isotopes of hydrogen with high-powered lasers to high enough pressure ...


Laser accelerated protons to the highest energies so far

Researchers use trident laser to accelerate protons to record energies

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 10

An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved. Using this technique, scientists can ...


Topical application of chemotherapy drug may improve appearance of aging skin

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Topical application of the chemotherapy medication fluorouracil appears to reduce potentially precancerous skin patches and improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of ...


Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ignition. Fast ignition is a laser-based technique ...


Lasers put a shine on metals

Lasers put a shine on metals

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they ...


Laser Fusion and Exawatt Lasers

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the recent past, producing lasers with terawatt (a trillion watts) beams was impressive. Now petawatt (a thousand trillion watts, or 10^15 watts) lasers are the forefront of laser research. Some labs are ...



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