News tagged with acoustic imaging
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 ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Bats, dolphins, and mole rats inspire advances in ultrasound technology
Sonar and ultrasound, which use sound as a navigational device and to paint accurate pictures of an environment, are the basis of countless technologies, including medical ultrasound machines and submarine ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Lasers generate underwater sound
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new ...
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands. Generally, holograms can't be felt because they're made only of light. But the new ...
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Aug 06, 2009 |
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Image: Dream Chaser buffet wind tunnel model
(Phys.org) -- The Dream Chaser model with its Atlas V launch vehicle is undergoing final preparations at the Aerospace Composite Model Development Section's workshop for buffet tests at the Transonic Dynamics ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2012 |
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Screening for breast cancer without X-rays: Lasers and sound merge in promising diagnostic technique
X-ray mammography is an important diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, but it has certain drawbacks that limit its effectiveness. For example, it can give in false positive and negative results; ...
May 07, 2012 |
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'Game-powered machine learning' opens door to Google for music
Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the answer is ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 03, 2012 |
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Image: Orion ground test vehicle arrives at Kennedy
The Orion Ground Test Vehicle arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Operations & Checkout (O&C) Facility on April 21.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2012 |
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When dark energy turned on (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some six billion light years distant, almost halfway from now back to the big bang, the universe was undergoing an elemental change. Held back until then by the mutual gravitational attraction ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Massive ice avalanches on Iapetus
We've seen avalanches on Mars, but now scientists have found avalanches taking place on an unlikely place in our solar system: Saturn’s walnut-shaped, two-toned moon Iapetus. And these aren’t just ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Studying slimy substances for a cleaner environment
Extracellular polymeric substances, or EPS, are the slimy material that bacteria excrete and surround themselves with as they form biofilms. EPS are mostly water (up to 95%), but the remaining ingredients ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Using galaxies as yardsticks: Astronomy Professor builds a 3-D map of universe
Daniel Eisenstein is investigating the universe, using galaxies as his ruler, seeking to understand the cosmos’ large-scale structure and confirm theories about the dark energy that drives its expansion.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Cables spanning Pacific ocean seafloor to give ocean science a new edge
Scripps researchers, NOAA and TE SubCom agree to pursue science ports on transcontinental fiber optic cable lines to help monitor earthquakes, tsunamis and other forces.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips
When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...
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