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LIDAR system offers peerless precision in remote measurements

By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a laser ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

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Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

(Phys.org) -- There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autopsy of a eruption: Linking crystal growth to volcano seismicity

A forensic approach that links changes deep below a volcano to signals at the surface is described by scientists from the University of Bristol in a paper published today in Science. The research could ultima ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sequence it ... and they will come

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. This ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cells

Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device developed by a team of researchers in Israel, however, can reveal much the same ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google patent sends ring signals to Project Glass

(Phys.org) -- Google's September 2011 patent that was filed for a wearable display device was granted this week, which suggests that its envisioned heads-up display device can be controlled by infrared markers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all

(Phys.org) -- In a cavern almost a mile underground in the Black Hills, an experiment called the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals enclosed in deep-freeze cryostat modules, will ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Crabs will fake it to avoid a fight, research finds

Dr Robbie Wilson, Head of the Performance Lab at the University of Queensland, where this study was conducted, said the research identified more than just some crabby behaviour.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather

The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists 'read' the ash from the Icelandic volcano two years after its eruption

In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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