News tagged with laser technology

British government to fund 3D laser cameras for highway crash site investigations

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the banes of modern existence is surely the time spent in traffic backups. Oftentimes these backups occur as the result of accidents and the resulting investigative work that goes on ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

'Label-free' imaging tool tracks nanotubes in cells, blood for biomedical research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream, which could aid efforts to perfect their use in biomedical ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CNSE develops innovative laser-enabled electronic packaging technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small. Fast. Precise. A new electronics manufacturing technology developed at NDSU’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering eliminates challenges facing conventional packaging techniques and shows ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lighting the way: An invention for safe vascular birthmark treatment transformed how lasers can be used in surgery

The concept that revolutionized laser surgery and earned UC Irvine more than $40 million came to Dr. J. Stuart Nelson in 1992 while he was watching a baseball game.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Laser treatment can make your brown eyes blue

Just like the old Crystal Gayle song, a new laser technology could soon allow you to turn those boring brown eyes of your to a rich and beautiful blue. But you better make sure that blue eyes are what you really want because ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Tokyo tech fair opens with robotic clapping of hands

From robotic hand-clapping arms to a device that could show tsunami alerts in the sky, Japanese technology researchers showcased their latest inventions in Tokyo Thursday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Kodak to license laser projection patents to Imax

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Sunday that it will license thousands of patents to Imax in a deal that will supply the troubled photography company with millions of dollars.

Technology / Business

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Watching electrons in molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group led by ETH Zurich has now, for the first time, visualized the motion of electrons during a chemical reaction. The new findings in the experiment are of fundamental importance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers change the color and shape of a single photon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the CNST and ITL has simultaneously changed the color and shape of a single photon, the smallest unit of light.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers at NIF moving closer to fusion ignition point

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) report that they are growing ever closer to reaching the ignition point with their laser generated nuclear fusion project. The facility, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 88 | with audio podcast weblog

New laser could treat acne with telecom technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laser developed at the University of Michigan is designed to melt fat without burning surrounding tissue. It could potentially be used to treat acne, researchers say.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Better, faster, cheaper: Doing business with the sun

The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From Sep. 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Photovoltaic Solar ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

MIT Lincoln Lab spinout unveils new more powerful direct-diode laser

(PhysOrg.com) -- TeraDiode, a spinout company from MIT Lincoln Lab and located nearby in Littleton, MA, has unveiled, a new powerful direct-diode laser capable of cutting all the way through steel up to half ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

New semiconductor nanowire laser technology could kill viruses, improve DVDs

A team led by a professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has made a discovery in semiconductor nanowire laser technology that could potentially do everything from kill viruses to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast