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Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD

Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.


Polarizers may enhance remote chemical detection

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chemists can analyze the composition of a suspected bomb -- without actually touching and possibly detonating it -- using a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS. The tool is also commonly used for ...


Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes

Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers ...





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Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Other Sciences / Other

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An infra-red digital camera could be a crucial tool in the fight against crime when trying to identify suspects by their tattoos, according to new University of Derby research.


Hospital re-admission high for dialysis patients treated in long-term care hospitals

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by University of Cincinnati (UC) nephrologists shows that most dialysis patients admitted to long-term care hospitals face readmission to acute care facilities, and those with acute kidney failure don't often ...


26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little (AP)

26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little

Medicine & Health / Other

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants ...


Scientists use nanosensors for first time to measure cancer biomarkers in blood

Scientists use nanosensors for first time to measure cancer biomarkers in blood

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication of ...


A social network that ballooned

A social network that ballooned

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Tuesday, Dec. 1, members of the MIT Media Lab’s Human Dynamics Laboratory received an e-mail with a $40,000 proposition. The U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects ...


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Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side of the Pacific. In its nine years in China, ...


The filter is designed to be used in rural households

India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.


Tahoe faces new development battle: green vs. green

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As snow begins to blanket Lake Tahoe, the region finds itself facing a new kind of development battle: green vs. green.


Maryland Farmer grows plants for green roofs around nation

Space & Earth / Environment

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

It is a crisp fall day on Emory Knoll Farms as John Shepley stops at a raspberry bush, picks a few berries and pops them into his mouth on his walk to the greenhouses.


Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.



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