News tagged with gamma activity

Where do the highest-energy cosmic rays come from? Not from gamma-ray bursts, says IceCube study

The IceCube neutrino telescope encompasses a cubic kilometer of clear Antarctic ice under the South Pole, a volume seeded with an array of 5,160 sensitive digital optical modules (DOMs) that precisely track ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Making waves in the brain: Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice

Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

HESS-II: a new camera for exploring the violent Universe

HESS, one of the world's best-performing ground-based gamma ray detectors, will soon boast a fifth telescope that will double its potential for making new discoveries. The telescope will be equipped with a ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Brainwaves could help understanding of mental health disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have unlocked the details of a communication process that helps to generate the brainwaves that allow us to think and learn.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0