News tagged with visible
Infrared Image of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation Process
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from Ibaraki University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa University, University of Tokyo, Academica Sinica, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Dark Matter in a Galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stars, the most familiar objects in the night sky, make up only a tiny percentage of the total amount of matter in the universe -- about 2%.
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Scientists Build First 'Frequency Comb' To Display Visible 'Teeth'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name. Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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NASA gets a 3-D look at Neki becoming extra-tropical
NASA's Aqua and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellites are watching Tropical Storm Neki become extra-tropical, and TRMM data was used to create a three-dimensional image of the storm.
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD
(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Chinese scientists create metamaterial black hole
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two physicists in China have used metamaterials to create the first artificial electromagnetic black hole. The scientists, Qiang Cheng and Tie Jun Cui from the Southeast University in Nanjing, ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Invisible hand in invisible matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers have found an unexpected link between mysterious 'dark matter' and the visible stars and gas in galaxies that could revolutionise our current understanding ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Spot discovered on dwarf planet Haumea shows up red and rich with organics
A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary Science ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Surgeons remove gall bladder through belly button to prevent scars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones. The procedure also has the potential ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Bananas Gone Bad Glow Blue in UV-Light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nicholas Turro of Columbia University, Bernhard Krautler of the University of Innsbruck, Austria and their colleagues have found that, as chlorophyll ages and begins to disintegrate in banana ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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High in Sodium: Highly Charged Tungsten Ions May Diagnose Fusion Energy Reactors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as health-food manufacturers work on developing the best possible sodium substitutes for low-salt diets, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have acquired ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Trifid triple threat
Smouldering several thousand light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), the Trifid Nebula presents a compelling portrait of the early stages of a star's life, from gestation to first ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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UGA, UPR grant license for long-persistence glow materials, in any color
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF) and the University of Puerto Rico have granted an international, non-exclusive license for a portfolio of glow-in-the-dark pigments that can be designed ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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New nanolaser -- spaser -- key to future optical computers and technologies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, ...
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Columbia Researchers Lead Race to Find Dark Matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Inside a mountain range in central Italy, Columbia researchers are trying to solve one of the most pressing questions in modern physics: What is dark matter? The riddle has obsessed astronomers ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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