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Sound bullets could treat cancers and replace ultrasound (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Acoustic devices are used in a range of applications such as ultrasound scanners, but their performance is limited for some uses by their inaccurate focusing and low focal power. Now a group ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Caltech researchers create 'sound bullets'
Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy ("Newton's cradle"), researchers at the California Institute of Technology have built a device -- called a nonlinear acoustic lens -- that produces highly focused, high-amp ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Atomic Tug of War
A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in Nature (3 July 2008) may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.
Jul 02, 2008 |
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Gases in one dimension -- not your typical desk toy
Physicists at Penn State University have performed the first laboratory experiment with a system of many colliding particles whose motion never becomes chaotic. The achievement provides a deeper understanding ...
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Apr 12, 2006 |
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