News tagged with laser applications

Physicists localize 3-D matter waves for first time (w/ video)

University of Illinois physicists have experimentally demonstrated for the first time how three-dimensional conduction is affected by the defects that plague materials. Understanding these effects is important ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Scientists demonstrate a high-efficiency ceramic laser

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory, report a successful demonstration of a novel high-efficiency ceramic laser that is both, light-weight and compact ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Pioneer of lasers and optics Orazio Svelto receives Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2011

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Professor Orazio Svelto for his pioneering, long-lasting and innovative work in the fields of lasers and optics. Svelto is an internationally renowned ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Lasers to Map Bird Habitat

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lasers are providing scientists with new tools for mapping, protecting, and restoring bird habitat along rivers. In a paper published in the October issue of Ecological Applications, scientists from PRBO C ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents

Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Variations in blood circulation immediately visible with fast camera

(PhysOrg.com) -- Burns or other disorders that disrupt the blood flow in tissues will soon be easier to assess thanks to a camera that is capable of imaging blood circulation in real time. Compared to an earlier ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0