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 ...
Optics & Photonics
May 24, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, any flat surface ...
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2009
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Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2009
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Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research team that discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2009
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The Arctic, Earth's icy crown, is experiencing a climate crisis like no other. It's heating up at a furious pace—four times faster than the rest of our planet. Sandia researchers are pulling back the curtain on the reduction ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2024
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Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult.
Environment
Jul 8, 2023
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An optical isolator developed at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could drastically improve optical systems for many practical applications.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 29, 2023
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When we look in a mirror, we are used to seeing our faces looking back at us. The reflected images are produced by electromagnetic light waves bouncing off of the mirrored surface, creating the common phenomenon called spatial ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 13, 2023
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Although it is relatively small, Enceladus—the sixth largest of Saturn's 83 moons—has been considered by astronomers to be one of the more compelling bodies in our solar system.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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In 2013, Felipe Braga-Ribas and collaborators, using ground-based telescopes, discovered that Chariklo hosts a system of two thin rings. Such rings had been expected only around large planets such as Jupiter and Neptune.
Astronomy
Jan 25, 2023
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