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'Masters of light' win Nobel Physics Prize

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith won the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for pioneering "masters of light" work on fibre optics and semiconductors, the Nobel jury said.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2




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GAIA - A billion eyes on the skies

It’s name is GAIA and it’s the perhaps the most ambitious project which has ever faced the European Space Agency. Scheduled to launch in 2013, this new breed of space telescope will stately progress ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 71

X-ray camera makes A-grade particle detector

In the particle identification business, two pieces of information are vital: energy and spatial location. By measuring its energy you can work out the mass of your mystery particle. From its spatial location on the surface ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microlenses for 3-D endoscopes

Modern endoscopic techniques enable doctors to perform surgery without major incisions. Certain interventions require instruments with special 3-D optics. Researchers have developed an image sensor that transmits ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eyes in the sky

Dense veils of cloud over Venus, rocky barren landscapes of frozen ice on Saturn's moon Titan, white patches in the red sand of Mars – these are images of completely alien worlds. Worlds which humans ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Helping space shuttles achieve liftoff

Friday’s scheduled liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis marks the beginning of the end of nearly four decades of collaboration between MIT and NASA on the nation’s space shuttle program -- a partnership that has shaped ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kepler update to focus on flight segment performances

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the May 23 press event, held at the 218th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Boston, the Kepler team provided a progress report on the mission. How is Kepler performing while ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Panasonic develops new high picture quality MOS image sensor with industry's highest sensitivity

Panasonic Corporation has successfully developed high sensitivity and high picture quality technologies for new MOS image sensors by improving the sensitivity of the company's νMaicovicon MOS image sensor ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic introduces smallest, lightest interchangeable digital lens camera

Panasonic today announced the LUMIX DMC-GF2, the latest of the company’s DSL Micro (DSLM) compact mirrorless cameras, which is Panasonic’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system camera ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Image sensors for extreme temperatures

Image sensors which are used as electronic parking aids in cars or for quality control in production systems have to be able to withstand the often very high temperatures that prevail in these environments. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cold atoms make microwave fields visible

Using clouds of ultracold atoms, a scientific team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) have made microwave fields visible.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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