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Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

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An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


Peat fires drive temperatures up

Space & Earth / Environment

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Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Herschel takes a peek at the ingredients of the galaxies

Herschel takes a peek at the ingredients of the galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. Spectrometers on board all three Hershel ...


The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultraluminous infrared galaxies ((ULIRGs) are galaxies whose luminosity exceeds that of a trillion suns; for comparison, the Milky Way galaxy has a typical (and much more modest) luminosity ...


Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal

Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists anticipate their "LithoParticles" will have significant applications in photonics, optical communications and other areas.


Selling chip makers on optical computing

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon

The Crab Nebula: Energy for 100,000 Suns

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.



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