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World's largest laser gears up for ignition experiments

(PhysOrg.com) -- Construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, was essentially completed on Feb. 26, when technicians at Lawrence Livermore National ...

Physics / General Physics

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Anonymous briefly knocks CIA website offline (Update 2)

The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was briefly inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 29

With single laser pulses on single molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at MPQ (Max Planck Institute) succeed in resolving the internal dynamics of individual molecules using UV femtosecond laser pulses.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Toward a global microwave standard

Much of what is known about decadal climate change – and much of what appears on the evening weather forecast as well – comes from satellite-based remote sensing of microwave radiation at different ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Progress and promise in DIAL LIDAR

For climatologists and environmental policy makers who need to determine the flux of greenhouse gases (GHG), there are three paramount questions: Where is it, how much is there, and how is it moving? A new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

(AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Violin and subatomic particle duet set to be performed at leading UK particle physics lab

One of the world’s leading physics laboratories is set to stage a unique musical duet between a violinist and radioactive subatomic particles later this month.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers engineer a switch to tame aggressive cancers

When cancers become aggressive and spread they are the most deadly. Unfortunately, little is known about how to stop this development. A new imaging platform developed by Lawson Health Research Institute's Drs. Ann Chambers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The faster-than-fast Fourier transform

The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It’s a method for representing an irregular signal — such as the voltage fluctuations in the wire that conne ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Non-invasive measurements of tricuspid valve anatomy can predict severity of valve leakage

An estimated 1.6 million Americans suffer moderate to severe leakage through their tricuspid valves, which are complex structures that allow blood to flow from the heart's upper right chamber to the ventricle. ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hollywood, Silicon Valley face off over piracy bill

US congressional support for legislation targeting online piracy was eroding Wednesday as Wikipedia and Google led an online onslaught and branded the bills a danger to Internet freedom.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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