Photonics.com: Accent on Applications http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?PageID=4 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. Seeking a Smoother Way to Measure Roughness Christopher A. Brown, a professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, also could be thought of as a topogra http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34963 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Keeping a Puzzle Together In some ways, excavating rock is the reverse of assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Rock, after all, is not a big monolith. Instead, it’s full of breaks and c http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34964 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT FireWire Camera Removes Bottlenecks in Astroimaging Obtaining high-resolution photographs of planets and other interstellar objects is the quest of many amateur and professional astronomers. With advanc http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34602 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Capturing Corrosion, One Pixel at a Time It’s not just power that corrupts: Moisture or active reagents also can do the trick, at least in the case of metals. Controlling the corrosion that r http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34603 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tokyo Firm Puts Detectors to Work in Healing Sick Building Syndrome Energy conservation efforts in the home or office often entail sealing up buildings, which can trap pollutants such as formaldehyde and lead to a cond http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34276 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fluorescence Tracks Down Hidden Bacteria Bacteria are everywhere. They are in the water, they are in the ground and they are all over you. The vast majority of them are harmless, but certain http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34315 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT No Longer Walking the Line Jeff Cullison might be excused for aching feet, at least in a figurative sense. Cullison works for Northern Natural Gas Co. of Omaha, Neb., which oper http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=33874 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Dual Laser Pulses Enable Portable Lead Testing To diminish the negative effect that the metal lead has on public health, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a limit of 15 parts per http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=33471 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Imaging Shows How Bats Share Vital Flying Trait with Insects According to conventional aerodynamic theory, the wings of bees and other insects should not generate enough lift, especially during hovering and slow http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=33504 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT A Better Way to Take the Measure of Seawater Time and tide wait for no man, the old saying goes. That presents a problem for those investigating the changing makeup of the sea. Renaud Vuillemin w http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=32958 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT