News tagged with infrared laser
Medical 'lightsabers': Laser scalpels get ultrafast, ultra-accurate, and ultra-compact makeover
Whether surgeons slice with a traditional scalpel or cut away with a surgical laser, most medical operations end up removing some healthy tissue, along with the bad. This means that for delicate areas like ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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LAMIS -- a green chemistry alternative for laser spectroscopy
At some point this year, after NASA's rover Curiosity has landed on Mars, a laser will fire a beam of infrared light at a rock or soil sample. This will "ablate" or vaporize a microgram-sized piece of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Shaken, not heated: The ideal recipe for manipulating magnetism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found a way to distort the atomic arrangement and change the magnetic properties of an important class of electronic materials with ultra-short pulses of terahertz (mid-infrared) ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Researchers produce ultra-short light pulses using on-chip microresonator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Purdue University have designed and fabricated an on-chip microresonator that converts continuous laser light into ultra-short pulses ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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'Label-free' imaging tool tracks nanotubes in cells, blood for biomedical research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream, which could aid efforts to perfect their use in biomedical ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 05, 2011 |
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'Microring' device could aid in future optical technologies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Eye on ionization: Visualizing and controlling bound electron dynamics in strong laser fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- Subatomic events can be remarkably counterintuitive. Such is the case in theoretical physics when, under certain specific conditions, atoms exposed to intense infrared laser pulses remain ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
A team of researchers from four Boston-area institutions led by Nicusor Iftimia from Physical Sciences, Inc. has demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution optical ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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New imaging tech promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing laser.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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AnatOnMe: Doctor patient communication enhanced with new Microsoft device (w/ video)
(Medical Xpress) -- Microsoft researchers announced this week a new handheld device that they hope will work as an aid for doctors and patients to better communicate injuries and recommended therapy treatments. ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 18, 2011 |
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Two groups develop 100 terabit fiber cable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Working separately on two different types of technology, two groups have developed a type of fiber cable capable of delivering over 100 terabits of data per second; several orders of magnitude higher than ...
May 02, 2011 |
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Powerful optical centrifuge created to study dynamics of fast spinning molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- High-energy molecules play a major role in the chemistry of combustion, plasmas and the atmosphere. Scientists have been able to generate and investigate molecules with large amounts of vibrational, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Want to silence a gene? Pull here
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simply stretching DNA can silence a gene, scientists at the UA have discovered. The finding could point to a previously unknown gene control mechanism.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Free-Electron Laser goes over the rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow of visible light is an untapped goldmine of research potential, where energy sources, novel materials and environmental research are possible. That goldmine may soon be open to researchers ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Self-healing autonomous material comes to life
You've seen it in movies: the human-like, robot assassin quickly regenerates its structure after being damaged beyond recognition. This "Terminator" scenario is becoming less far-fetched as recent advances in structural health ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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