Researchers Reveal Aequorin's Structure
Aequorin, a photoprotein widely used in biomedicine to study the role of calcium in cellular...
Study Confirms Attosecond Pulses
IRÁKLION, Greece -- Although researchers have achieved laser pulses as short as a few...
Microdevice Protects Sensors in a Blink
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- As concern grows about the potential for powerful lasers to disable satellite...
Solid-State Blue Laser Unveiled
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Researchers at Coherent Inc., Laser Group, have developed the prototype of a...
Coral Reefs Yield Fluorescing Dyes for In Vivo Labeling
MOSCOW -- Green fluorescent protein extracted from luminescent jellyfish has been used as a marker...
Slow Dance Unites Atom, Photon
GARCHING, Germany -- Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics recently created...
Arrays Advance DNA Detection
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Researchers from Tufts University have devised a screening method using a...
Dry Process Creates Clearer Fibers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Although today's fiber optic cables may be able to handle today's...
Free-Electron Laser Plunges into the UV
A team at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron facility in Hamburg, Germany, reported that it has...
Technique Unveils Gene Process
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Gene transcription is the first step in the process whereby information stored...
Mode-Locked Laser Hits High Power
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Engineers at Spectra-Physics Lasers Inc. have hit a new high for visible...
Mirror Readied for Binocular Telescope
Scientists at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab in Tucson have prepared...
Novalux Offers a Peek at Its Top-Secret Laser
Novalux, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a high-power laser diode that it...
High-Reflection Mirror Is All-Polymer Film
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new generation of multilayer polymer film developed by 3M Corp. shows advanced...
Silicon Crystal Used as X-ray Resonator
GRENOBLE, France -- Short-wavelength light presents special difficulties for researchers. Hard...
Signals Exceed Light's Speed
FLORENCE, Italy -- An established concept in physics -- the impossibility of transmitting a signal...
LEDs Offer Fast Data Transmission
TAMPERE, Finland -- With properties somewhere between a standard LED and a laser diode,...
Food Wrap Foils Microbes
Researchers at Toxin Alert Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, have developed a plastic wrap that...