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Physicist proposes to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce decoherence

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 0

In a recent publication in the high impact journal Optics Letters, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, proposes to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce ...





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A potential treatment for gastric motility disorders

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GES or pacing has been under investigation as a potential therapy for gastrointestinal motility disorders. Conventionally, GES is performed using a single pair of electrodes or single-channel GES. However, few studies have ...


Magnetic Vortex Switch Leads to Electric Pulse

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such a pulse might be of use ...


Purdue 'milestone' a step toward advanced sensors, communications

Purdue 'milestone' a step toward advanced sensors, communications

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Engineers at Purdue University have shown how to finely control the spectral properties of ultrafast light pulses, a step toward creating advanced sensors, more powerful communications technologies and more ...


Road trains may be coming soon to Europe

Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a ...


Coke Bottle Quantum Physics

Coke Bottle Quantum Physics

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Don't be fooled by the collection of empty soda bottles in James Cryan's office at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Cryan isn't a caffeine fiend—the cola bottles are for science. As a ...


Employee cardiovascular health relates to psychological well-being

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Kansas State University researcher has found a link between physical and mental well-being that employees and employers may be able to capitalize on to improve both the health, and potentially the wealth, of their organization ...


Video game group files lawsuit over CTA ad rule

Technology / Business

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for "mature" and "adults only" games violates the right ...


Measuring distances in microseconds

Measuring distances in microseconds

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers have brought these scanners up to speed -- ...


Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time

Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique allows ...


Oxygen test has potential to detect some critical congenital heart defects in newborns

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according ...



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