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Trying on clothes in a magic mirror

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wouldn’t it be nice if we could shop for clothes without constantly having to try them on in the fitting room? The vision could soon become a reality thanks to the “virtual mirror” presented by Fraunhofer ...





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The MAGIC-II Telescope is ready to team up

The MAGIC-II Telescope is ready to team up

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Together with the MAGIC-I telescope, MAGIC-2 allows stereoscopic observations using these two largest gamma-ray telescopes. Astronomers can explore sources of very-high energy gamma rays. ...


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Pigs learn to understand mirrors

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of domesticated pigs has found that with just a little experimentation they can find food based only on a reflection in a mirror.


MAGIC Telescope Finds Microquasar

MAGIC Telescope Finds Microquasar

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 06, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

The variable emission of high-energy gamma rays from a variable microquasar within our galaxy has been detected by the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope located in the Canary Islands. ...


Using magic to learn about maths

Using magic to learn about maths

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An academic from Queen Mary, University of London has launched a series of videos featuring magic tricks that are conjured from a mathematical perspective.


Molecules wrestle for supremacy in creation of superstructures

Molecules wrestle for supremacy in creation of superstructures

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Liverpool has found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical state of superstructures.


Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...


Keeping a 'trained eye' on the James Webb Space Telescope

Keeping a 'trained eye' on the James Webb Space Telescope

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

NASA and Northrop Grumman are keeping a "trained eye" on the James Webb Space Telescope, by training their engineers on how to handle and assemble the telescope's Optical Telescope Element (OTE), also known ...


Molecules which flip into their own mirror image

Molecules which flip into their own mirror image

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Catalysts do function, despite the fact that not all the chemical reactions (and partial reactions) which occur are fully understood, including those which take place during the treatment of automobile exhaust. ...


A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors

A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, ...


The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye

The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years scientists have explored the impossible by developing invisibility or 'cloaking' devices, but can the same technology also help make things more visible?



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