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Scientists develop drug detection technology

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Leicester researchers have combined crime research and space-age technology in ways that could lead to the quick detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in a black market currently worth an ...


Bats recognize the individual voices of other bats

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany. The ...


NASA Radar Provides First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters

NASA Radar Provides First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters.


Checking people at airports -- with terahertz radiation

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe ...


Spectral Analysis of Starlight

An accurate speedometer for astronomy

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 2

Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they ...


NASA to Explore 'Secret Layer' of the Sun

NASA to Explore 'Secret Layer' of the Sun

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Next April, for a grand total of 8 minutes, NASA astronomers are going to glimpse a secret layer of the sun.


Sandia to Demonstrate Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence Microscope

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and patent-pending technology ...