News tagged with prism
Korean researchers making progress on 3D OLED screens
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the recent rise in popularity of 3D movies at the theater, consumers quite naturally have begun to wonder about what’s being done to bring such technology to their smartphones and ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Lost light from the moon may be sent astray by dusty reflectors
Light bounced off reflectors on the moon is fainter than expected and mysteriously dims even more whenever the moon is full. Astronomers think dust is a likely culprit, they report in a forthcoming issue of ...
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Apr 14, 2010 |
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Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are born
A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are bo ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Astronomers probe 'evaporating' planet around nearby star with Hobby-Eberly telescope
(Phys.org) -- Astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin and Wesleyan University have used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory to confirm that a Jupiter-size planet ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Nasa's new carbon-counting instrument leaves the nest
(Phys.org) -- Its construction now complete, the science instrument that is the heart of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft - NASA's first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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Gamma ray optics: A viable tool for a new branch of scientific discovery
Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) have demonstrated for the first time that gamma rays, a highly energetic form of light produced by radioactive decay of atomic nuclei and amongst other used to ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Metafluids: German researchers realize new material class
A research team lead by Professor Martin Wegener at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has succeeded in realizing a new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid, a pentamode ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Colors burst into contemporary architecture
White stopped being the official colour of architecture a while ago. New buildings have now been transformed and fragmented and they display movement and innovation thanks to the versatility of colour. This ...
May 04, 2012 |
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Attosecond lighthouses may help illuminate the tempestuous sea of electrons
Physicists have long chased an elusive goal: the ability to "freeze" and then study the motion of electrons in matter. Such experiments could help confirm theories of electron motion and yield insights into ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Swift satellite monitors departing Comet Garradd
(Phys.org) -- An outbound comet that provided a nice show for skywatchers late last year is the target of an ongoing investigation by NASA's Swift satellite. Formally designated C/2009 P1 (Garradd), the unusually ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Researchers discover cellular system for detecting and responding to poisons and pathogens
Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research teams, along with a group from the University of California at San Diego, have discovered that animals have a previously unknown system for detecting and responding ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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New technique lights up the creation of holograms
Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (Japan) have developed a unique way to create full-color holograms with the aid of surface plasmons.
Mar 19, 2012 |
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