News tagged with raman laser

Diamonds are a laser's best friend

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomorrow's lasers may come with a bit of bling, thanks to a new technology that uses man-made diamonds to enhance the power and capabilities of lasers. Researchers in Australia have now demonstrated the first ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

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A magnetic approach to lattices

(Phys.org) -- JQI experimentalists under the direction of Ian Spielman are in the business of using lasers to create novel environments for neutral atoms. For instance, this research group previously enticed ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Iceman Oetzi' lived for a while after arrow wound

Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old "Iceman" mummy of the Alps, lived for some time after being shot in the back by an arrow, scientists said on Tuesday after using forensic technology to analyse his preserved blood.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

New technique efficiently creates single photons for quantum information processing

Using lasers to excite just one atom from a cloud of ultra-cold rubidium gas, physicists have developed a new way to rapidly and efficiently create single photons for potential use in optical quantum information ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles home in on brain tumors, boost accuracy of surgical removal

Like special-forces troops laser-tagging targets for a bomber pilot, tiny particles that can be imaged three different ways at once have enabled Stanford University School of Medicine scientists to remove brain tumors from ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High-tech tactic may expose stealthy salmonella

Even the smallest quantity of Salmonella may, in the future, be easily detected with a technology known as SERS, short for "surface-enhanced Raman scattering." U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technology sheds light on viruses

(Phys.org) -- Diagnostic tests that rapidly detect disease-causing viruses in animals and humans are being developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists using a new technology called "surface-enhanced ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Finding explosives with laser beams

Scientists at Vienna University of Technology have found a way to detect chemicals over long distances, even if they are enclosed in containers.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The hidden nanoworld of ice crystals: Revealing the dynamic behavior of quasi-liquid layers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wide range of phenomena depend on ice – specifically, phase transitions during ice crystal surface melting. In this transition, which occurs near the melting point, the ice surface ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Nanotube growth theory experimentally confirmed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties about nanotube ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New scanner allows liquids back into aircraft cabin baggage

Cobalt Light Systems has received European approval for its revolutionary INSIGHT100 bottle scanner, which enables aircraft passengers to carry liquid items larger than 100ml once more. Airports could ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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