Engineering Academy Names Century's Top Achievements
On behalf of the National Academy of Engineering, astronaut Neil Armstrong announced the most...
Acousto-Optics Detects Fluorescence
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Capillary electrophoresis is fast becoming the preferred method for the...
Corning and Gore Test Prototype Fiber
Researchers from Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., and W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. of Newark,...
Lab Produces Record Crystal
In support of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in...
Researchers Unlock the Secrets of Diamonds
HONG KONG -- The captivating beauty of diamonds can overwhelm our sense of their utility. Still,...
Doping Leads to More Efficient Film
A team from the Université Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Agfa-Gevaert NV in Mortsel,...
Nanostructures Produce Tuned IR Emitters
Lithographically defined nanostructures may enable the production of tuned infrared "sensorchips"...
Epichem Produces Mid-IR Laser Diodes and LEDs
Wirral, UK-based Epichem Ltd. has announced that it has fabricated mid-IR LEDs and laser diodes...
Far-Side Observation Predicts Solar Storms
Astrophysicists from Solar Physics Research Corp. in Tucson, Ariz., and NorthWest Research...
Lasers Continue Across Nuclear Fission Threshold
DIDCOT, UK -- Scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have demonstrated that today's...
Acousto-Optics Detects Fluorescence
STUTTGART, Germany -- A team of physicists at the University of Stuttgart has captured...
MCI WorldCom Tests Optical Network
The OPTera 1600G optical amplification system and OPTera LH platform from Nortel Networks,...
Researchers Produce Molecular Condensate
A team from the University of Texas in Austin reported in the Feb. 11 issue of Science that it had...
Nitres Reports High-Efficiency LEDs
Researchers from Nitres Inc. of Westlake Village, Calif., have announced that they have developed...
Advantages of Two-Photon Imaging
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- During the past decade, photon scanning tunneling microscopy has achieved...
Quantum Database Speeds Searches
A potential advantage of storing information in the quantum phase of atoms is the speed of data...
Quantum Dots Aim to Be Smart Pixels
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Scientists at the University of California reported the development of a...
Raman Method Identifies Pathogens Quickly
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Raman spectroscopy and a confocal microscope may enable medical...
Autonomous Robot Finds Meteorites
PITTSBURGH -- A four-wheeled robot named Nomad recently made history in Antarctica by autonomously...
Spectroscopy Reveals Fluorine's Role in Rocket Propellant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A high-speed CCD camera and spectrometer played an important part in analyzing...
Teen's Work on Laser Earns Semifinal Berth
Aman Narang, a 17-year-old senior at The Harley School in Brighton, N.Y., thought that the computer...
IR Telescope Planned for Paranal
The UK Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope project announced that it hopes to install a...
Quantum-Well Lasers are Suited to Trace Analysis
A team from Université Montpellier II in Montpellier, France, Laboratoire Central de...
Ultrafast Diffraction Reveals Melting
An experimental setup by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, and...
Water down the Drain Leads to Black Holes in the Lab
Archimedes, the famous story goes, cried, "Eureka!" and leapt from his overflowing bathtub, having...
Spectroscopy Finds Worm Tunnels in Apples
MILAN, Italy -- Worms that make their homes in apples may be facing a new enemy. Physicists have...
Approaching Continuous X-ray Laser
BELLATERRA, Spain -- A team of physicists led by Ramón Corbalán at the Universitat...