News tagged with measurement tool

Physicists create first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths

Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency combs are the most accurate ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New national business incubation study identifies best practices for success

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy has released a new study, "Incubating Success: Incubation Best Practices that Lead to Successful New Ventures," funded ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research confirms it's a small world, after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led research team has confirmed what Walt Disney told us all along: Earth really is a small world, after all.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Quartz crystal microbalances enable new microscale analytic technique

A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vital functions monitored with wearable and implantable devices

Physiological signals can nowadays be easily monitored with measurement devices implanted inside a living body. The object - animal or human - is barely aware of the presence of the implant. An example of a device implantable ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research May Help Plants, Humans Survive Stress, Disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology to analyze gene expression at the level of different cell types offers new insights in the ways that plants and animals react to the environment and how they change when they ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0