News tagged with optical images

Subaru's sharp eye confirms signs of unseen planets in the dust ring of HR 4796 A

(PhysOrg.com) -- The SEEDS (Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru Telescope/HiCIAO) project, a five-year international collaboration launched in 2009 and led by Motohide Tamura of NAOJ ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cryogenic testing completed for James Webb telescope mirrors

Cryogenic testing is complete for the final six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The milestone represents the successful culmination of a process ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A single cell endoscope: Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Celestial bauble intrigues astronomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday season in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes has revealed an unusual cosmic ornament. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton have ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

New device for rapid, mobile detection of brain injury

When accidents that involve traumatic brain injuries occur, a speedy diagnosis followed by the proper treatment can mean the difference between life and death. A research team, led by Jason D. Riley in the Section on Analytical ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twisting molecules by brute force: A top-down approach

Molecules that are twisted are ubiquitous in nature, and have important consequences in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. Some molecules have unique and technologically useful optical properties; the medicinal properties ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trillion-frame-per-second video

By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (41) | comments 31 | with audio podcast

Sharp to introduce industry’s thinnest CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization for smartphones

Sharp Corporation has developed a 12.1-Megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization that features the industry’s thinnest profile (5.47 mm in height). The new RJ63YC100 is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers' new recipe cooks up better tissue 'phantoms'

The precise blending of tiny particles and multicolor dyes transforms gelatin into a realistic surrogate for human tissue. These tissue mimics, known as "phantoms," provide an accurate proving ground for new photoacoustic ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging instruction: Researchers produce 'primer' to guide the use of STORM

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it was quickly adopted by the scientific community, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics Xiaowei Zhuang worried that researchers using the system of technology ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Butterfly wings inspire design of water-repellent surface

Researchers mimic the many-layered nanostructure of blue mountain swallowtail wings to make a silicon wafer that traps both air and light.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Now there's an app for NASA's Swift Observatory

Interested in the latest discoveries of NASA's Swift satellite? The Swift team has released a free iPhone application that gives you the details of all the latest gamma-ray-burst discoveries that the Swift ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Holodesk prototype puts life in computers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project at Microsoft Research Cambridge has brought forth a prototype called Holodesk, which lets you manipulate virtual objects with your hand. You literally "get your hands on" ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Nanowire lens can reconfigure its imaging properties

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the unique optical properties of nanoscale materials, researchers have designed a lens made of nanowires that can reconfigure its imaging properties without any electronic ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Bone marrow cells migrate to tumors and can slow their growth

Bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) participate in the growth and spread of tumors of the breast, brain, lung, and stomach. To examine the role of BMDCs, researchers developed a mouse model that could be used to track the migration ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0