News tagged with lighting system
Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations
A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith ...
May 25, 2012 |
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A magnetic approach to lattices
(Phys.org) -- JQI experimentalists under the direction of Ian Spielman are in the business of using lasers to create novel environments for neutral atoms. For instance, this research group previously enticed ...
May 22, 2012 |
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The mystery of Venus’ ashen light
May is the best time to try and spot one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries in our Solar System. Ashen Light is a faint glow allegedly seen on the unlit portion of Venus, during its crescent phase, similar to the earthshine ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Wise catches aging star erupting with dust
(Phys.org) -- Images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst, spraying the cosmos with dust. The findings offer a rare, real-time look at ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Researchers develop new method for the production of microlenses
Inspired from Mother Nature: The body of the brittlestar Ophiocoma wendtii is studded with tiny crystalline lenses made of calcium carbonate. Microlenses like these are of great interest technologically, yet th ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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A camera that peers around corners (w/ video)
In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was des ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Combining centuries-old mathematical theorems provides efficient approach for characterizing nanoparticles' shape
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gregg Gallatin, a researcher at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, has shown that combining a nineteenth century flux theorem with an eighteenth century mathematical operation provides ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Tailored optical material from DNA: Nano spiral staircases modify light
In the human body genetic information is encoded in double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid building blocks, the so-called DNA. Using artificial DNA molecules, an international team of scientists headed by the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Image or mirror image? Chiral recognition by femtosecond laser
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not always easy to distinguish between images and mirror images of molecules, but this knowledge is important when one image of a molecule is a drug and the mirror image is toxic. One ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Virtual blue skies brighten the office of the future
There is light at hand for those who toil away in a poorly-lit office. Scientists at the CeBIT high-tech fair have developed a system that gives the feeling of working outside under blue skies.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 06, 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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Discovery of three smallest exoplanets: The Barnard's star connection
The discovery of the three smallest planets yet orbiting a distant star, which was announced today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, has an unusual connection to Barnard's star, one ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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A universal law for star formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Star formation is studied by astronomers not only because it produces new stars and planetary systems. It also generates copious amounts of ultraviolet light that heats dust which in turn ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Through hardship to the stars
"Humanity's adventurous, stubborn, mad and glorious aspiration to reach the stars" is the subject of Physics World's lead feature in January.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 04, 2012 |
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NASA considers sending a telescope to outer solar system
Light pollution in our inner solar system, from both the nearby glow of the Sun and the hazy zodiacal glow from dust ground up in the asteroid belt, has long stymied cosmologists looking for a clearer take ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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