Two Colorado State University faculty members are featured in this month's Nature Photonics journal for their role in helping to create a really stable and short-wavelength light source with laser-like properties that will ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2012
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An over-reliance on peer group compensation benchmarking is central to the persistent issue of rising executive pay in the United States, new research in a study co-authored by a University of Delaware professor and a corporate ...
Economics & Business
Sep 25, 2012
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Silence in the classroom can enrich children's educational experience and improve behaviour and exam results, the University of Stirling's Dr Helen Lees has reported.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Accelerator physicists at SLAC have started commissioning the world's most compact photoinjector – a device that spits out electrons when hit by light. Photoinjectors are used to generate electrons for free-electron ...
General Physics
Sep 25, 2012
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A rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo, an official there said Tuesday, giving hope for the survival of the endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new ...
Who doesn't love 3-D images, especially of objects in space? But creating them can be a bit time-consuming for scientists, especially for images from orbiting spacecraft like the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that takes images ...
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2012
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University of Exeter scientist Dr Fiona Mathews has discovered one of Britain's rarest mammals living in East Devon.
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Technologies such as microelectronics and lithography require nanoscale polymer films that sit atop various other materials. An understanding of the interplay between the dynamics of the thin film and the underlying ...
Nanophysics
Sep 25, 2012
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Here's a bit of pretty amazing hobby rocket porn. Ben Krasnow walks us through—in a rather matter-of-fact way—of how he built a hybrid rocket engine in his shop using a piece of acrylic so he could see inside and watch ...
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2012
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