(Phys.org) —Autumn is usually not such a great time for big special effects movies as the summer blockbusters have faded and those for the holiday season have not yet opened. Fall is more often the time for thoughtful films ...
Nanophysics
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Future hearing aids could be adjusted by the wearer to remove background noise using new technology that could also be used to clean up and search YouTube videos.
Engineering
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A compact new generation optical amplifier has been constructed by physicists from the Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University. ...
Optics & Photonics
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(Phys.org) —Swinburne University of Technology researchers have shown the potential of a new material for transforming secure optical information storage.
Nanophysics
Oct 3, 2013
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The Internet has become an important source of information for employment, health, news, entertainment, and shopping. And while many of these activities can be easily performed with a basic level of broadband speed, an increasing ...
Telecom
Oct 3, 2013
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Wild hares have been found to be important carriers of sheep worms and are likely to be helping spread resistance to worm drenches, according to new University of Adelaide research.
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2013
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A new scientific research analyses key vital rates in Western Europe Bonelli's Eagle populations between 1980 and 2009. It alerts that North Spain populations are the ones at greatest risk. The research, published on the ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2013
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Nuclear terrorism remains a real and urgent threat. Despite an array of mechanisms established to combat this threat, several serious problems persist, requiring relentless attention and actions by the United States, Russia ...
Other
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More than 40 years ago, the foundation for optical tweezers was laid when Arthur Ashkin demonstrated that near the focus of a laser beam, momentum transfer between light and dielectric particles creates gradient forces large ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 3, 2013
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You'd be forgiven for thinking science is under attack. Climate science has been challenged by deniers and sceptics, vaccination rates are falling thanks to anti-vaccination movements, and GM crops are pillaged by anti-GM ...
Social Sciences
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