Microwaves make for faster, greener pharma manufacturing
Microwave radiation could provide a faster, greener way to manufacture drugs, according to researchers at the University of Bradford.
Materials Science
May 30, 2013
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News tagged with microwave radiation
Detection of the cosmic gamma ray horizon: Measures all the light in the universe since the Big Bang
(Phys.org) —How much light has been emitted by all galaxies since the cosmos began? After all, every photon (particle of light) from ultraviolet to far infrared wavelengths ever radiated by all galaxies that ever existed ...
Astronomy
May 24, 2013
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Quantum optics with microwaves
(Phys.org) —Physicists at ETH Zurich have demonstrated one of the quintessential effects of quantum optics—known as the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect—with microwaves, whose frequency is 100'000 times lower than that of visible ...
Quantum Physics
May 8, 2013
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Terahertz technology: Seeing more with less
Terahertz technology is an emerging field that promises to improve a host of useful applications, ranging from passenger scanning at airports to huge digital data transfers. Terahertz radiation sits between the frequency ...
General Physics
May 8, 2013
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Elucidating energy shifts in optical tweezers
A small piece of paper sticks to an electrically charged plastic ruler. The principle of this simple classroom physics experiment is applied at the microscopic scale by so-called optical tweezers to get the likes of polystyrene ...
General Physics
May 8, 2013
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Magnetic fingerprints of interface defects in silicon solar cells detected
Using a highly sensitive method of measurement, HZB physicists have managed to localize defects in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells. Now, for the first time ever, using computer simulations at Paderborn ...
General Physics
Mar 27, 2013
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Microstructures made of adjoining semiconductor disks could lead to powerful nanoscale sensors
Many users of microwave ovens have had the frightening experience of leaving a fork, crumpled piece of aluminum foil or some other pointy metal item inside the cooking chamber. The sharp metal object acts as an antenna for ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 27, 2013
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Planck's most detailed map ever reveals an almost perfect Universe
(Phys.org) —Acquired by ESA's Planck space telescope, the most detailed map ever created of the cosmic microwave background – the relic radiation from the Big Bang – was released today revealing the existence of features ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2013
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Berkeley Lab scientists read the cosmic writing on the wall
Thanks to a supersensitive space telescope and some sophisticated supercomputing, scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest reading yet of the most ancient story in our universe: the cosmic ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2013
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Researchers build fully mechanical phonon laser
(Phys.org) —Researchers working at Japan's NTT Basic Research Laboratories have successfully built an all mechanical phonon laser. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters, the team describes how they built a ...
