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Greek pilots see red from laser pen pranks

Greece's civil aviation pilots on Wednesday called for a crackdown on laser pen pranksters who have endangered a growing number of plane landings around the country.

Technology / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Single nanomaterial yields many laser colors

Red, green, and blue lasers have become small and cheap enough to find their way into products ranging from BluRay DVD players to fancy pens, but each color is made with different semiconductor materials and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists benchmark quantum simulator with hundreds of qubits

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a quantum simulator that can engineer interactions among hundreds of quantum bits (qubits) -- 10 times more than previous devices. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New technology sheds light on viruses

(Phys.org) -- Diagnostic tests that rapidly detect disease-causing viruses in animals and humans are being developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists using a new technology called "surface-enhanced ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Review: Livescribe smartpen is iPad's opposite

Here's a consumer electronics riddle: What's the opposite of the iPad? Answer: the Livescribe Echo "smartpen." It's as if Livescribe and Apple both looked at the old pen-and-pad combination, but completely ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8

A quantum pen for single atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- German physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics succeeded in manipulating atoms individually in a lattice of light and in arranging them in arbitrary patterns. These results ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Gift Guide: Techie kids' toys for every age group

(AP) -- While stores still sell a plethora of good old-fashioned toys such as board games, action figures and stuffed animals, electronic ones aren't exactly a niche category anymore either.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'SpectroPen' could aid surgeons in detecting edges of tumors

Biomedical engineers are developing a hand-held device called a SpectroPen that could help surgeons see the edges of tumors in human patients in real time during surgery.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers

(AP) -- A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists record yoctonewton forces

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia and the US have discovered that trapped ions are "exquisitely sensitive" force detectors, and have used them to record the tiniest forces ever measured.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Laser adds extra dimension to lab-on-chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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