News tagged with optical images
A Galaxy Collision in Action
This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million light years from Earth. The curved, light blue ridge running ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Researchers create prostate cancer 'homing device' for drug delivery
A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease.
Jul 06, 2009 |
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First acoustic metamaterial 'superlens' created
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive ...
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Mini beamer in a cellphone or PDA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking at photos on a cellphone display can be somewhat arduous. A new mini beamer will make it easier. The beamer is so small that it can be integrated in a cellphone or a PDA. As it does ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer
By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists solve mystery of starlight's origins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia have helped unveil the birthplaces of ancient stars using a two-tonne telescope carried by a balloon the size ...
Apr 08, 2009 |
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World's smallest periscopes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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