Technique Simplifies 3-D Molecular Research
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Although scientists commonly use far-field polarization microscopy to measure...
Array Speeds Protein, DNA Analysis
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada -- Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a capillary...
Atom Detects Photon Without Destroying It
Paris -- Catching light in a box has always been an alluring aspiration. Young children will slam...
CMOS Camera Won't Be Blinded by the Light
Photographers commonly find themselves in situations with too little or too much light. An...
Buckyball Emits White Light
Unique C60 atom configurations known as buckyballs have attracted notice for their ability to...
Tetrahedron of Silver Balls Models Chaos of Light Beams
Get your laser pointer ready to create some (legal) chaos. Using a set of four silvered balls, each...
Chemical Laser Advances
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have brought the chemical...
Optical Cross-Connect Reduces Loss
When your office phone rings indicating an outside call, chances are the signal passed through an...
'Dark Beams' Revealed
Researchers have tried to demystify the presence of "dark beams," complex arrays that result from...
Laser Scans Circuits for Flaws
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a method to fault-test integrated...
Grating May Improve Spectrometers
Spectrometer manufacturers seeking to reduce the size and cost of their instruments may benefit...
Laser Evaporation Yields Nanosize Particles
Using a transverse-flow 4-kW CO2 laser, a group of scientists from F.-Schiller University in Jena,...
Laser Maps Mars Topography Five Meters at a Time
After more than 120 million measurements, the Mars Global Survey Spacecraft has given researchers...
Combined Spectroscopies Simplify Oil Detection
ERLANGEN, Germany -- Mineral oils and fuels keep the world going, but they may also severely...
Laser Yields Real-Time Glimpse of Water Molecules
PARIS -- Using a homemade ultrafast laser, researchers have tinkered with liquid water molecules to...
Underwater Sensor Needs No Calibration
Researchers at the University of Montana have developed an autonomous chemical sensor that can be...
Slow It Down
For the second time in six months, a team of researchers has succeeded in slowing laser light to a...
Light Scattering Measures Subangstrom Roughness
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Hard disk drive manufacturers are looking for ways to increase storage capacity...
Superconductor 'Eyes' IR Wavelengths
A superconducting device that detects individual photons at longer wavelengths than was previously...