News tagged with photographic technique
Caravaggio used photographic techniques: researcher
Italian Renaissance painter Caravaggio used revolutionary optical instruments to "photograph" his models more than 200 years before the invention of the camera, according to a researcher in Florence.
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Study finds emissions from widely used cookstoves vary with use
The smoke rising from a cookstove fills the air with the tantalizing aroma of dinner – and a cloud of pollutants and particles that threaten both health and the environment. How families in developing ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Project to examine 'Yeti' DNA
(Phys.org) -- A new collaboration between Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology will use the latest genetic techniques to investigate organic remains that some have claimed belong to the ‘Yeti’ ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Data in the fast lane
A new approach to managing data over a network has enabled a Microsoft Research team to set a speed record for sifting through, or “sorting,” a huge amount of data in one minute.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 22, 2012 |
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Image: Composite of a series of images taken from space aboard the space station
(Phys.org) -- This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2012 |
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The 2012 transit of Venus
On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2012 |
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Students to demonstrate smart camera trap at new engineering competition
(Phys.org) -- Forget about building a better mouse trap. University of California, San Diego sophomore Riley Yeakle and his teammates have come up with a better camera trap, and they will be facing off with ...
May 02, 2012 |
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Folding light: Wrinkles and twists boost power from solar panels
Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Amateur astronomers to 'Target Asteroids!'
(Phys.org) -- Researchers on NASA's robotic asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, are turning to amateur astronomers for new data on near-Earth asteroids in a citizen science observing campaign called ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Cutting through ancient evidence of human tool use
The earliest evidence of human tool use may be written on the bones of other animals, but in order to produce reliable conclusions, researchers are calling for improved tools and analysis, including an easy-to-access ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Look familiar?
An online game which tests Londoners’ ability to recognize parts of the capital has been devised by researchers as the first step in a project to create a “memory map” of the city.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 05, 2012 |
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