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Gamma Ray Refraction Could Launch Nuclear Photonics

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GRENOBLE, France, May 7, 2012 — For the first time, gamma rays were bent like ordinary light in an experiment that overturns decades of theoretical predictions and opens the door to a new field of research called nuclear photonics. Gamma rays are essentially a highly energetic form of light. Able to penetrate almost any material, they now have the ability to bend and focus, which could lead to powerful new medical applications, including imaging techniques and targeted cancer treatments. Scientists from the Laue-Langevin Institute (ILL) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich achieved this feat using a...Read full article

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    Published: May 2012
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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    refraction
    The bending of oblique incident rays as they pass from a medium having one refractive index into a medium with a different refractive index.
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