There are aspects of science that lend the subject its reputation, at least among schoolchildren, for being "boring" (Punnett squares come to mind). Then there are things like lasers that are completely awesome, regardless of whether you're eight years old or 80. Which
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Satellites, step aside
To map the earth's magnetic field, scientists usually take readings from one of a number of satellites, a process that is expensive and often less-than accurate. Physicists at UC Berkeley have a better idea: measure
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It's unclear which is the bigger news coming out of the Office of Naval Research; the fact that the Navy's Free Electron Laser (FEL) program has demonstrated an
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Researchers at Harvard have figured out how to manipulate the actions of nematode worms sans wires or electrodes, opening the door to a better understanding of how just a few neurons can influence behavior in animals. Scientists at the university's Center for Brain Science
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To most of us, seeing what's around the corner before rounding the bend is known as premonition. For students and professors at MIT's Media Lab, it's called physics. The lab is working on a laser-based camera that can snap
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But don't worry, it will still be partly a death ray
The Navy has been seeking its "Holy Grail" free electron laser (FEL) weapon for a while now, but it would rather you think of it more as a multipurpose
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Help us, Obi-Wan
Videochat is cool enough, but it's got nothing on R2D2's 3D holographic projector (think Princess Leia repeating "Help me Obi-wan Kenobi; you're my only hope"). Now, a team at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences is brining holographic
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How do we defeat the world's deadliest creature?
With the recent news that researchers at the University of Queensland are planning on releasing dengue-resistant
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The Missile Defense Agency's airborne laser weapon is supposed to save us all from imminent nuclear demise, but after yesterday's botched test firing - the second failure
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Lasers can be powerful weapons - they can take down an aircraft at long ranges and in unstable conditions,
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The Missile Defense Agency's airborne laser weapon is supposed to save us all from imminent nuclear demise, but after yesterday's botched test firing - the second failure
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Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can.
Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move
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Lasers can be powerful weapons - they can take down an aircraft at long ranges and in unstable conditions,
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As any astute computer owner would know, particularly those who are of the gamer variety, there are many possible bottlenecks when it comes to getting the most out of your computer hardware. Video cards, random access memory (RAM) and hard drives are but a few of the main hurdles to super-efficient
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It's unclear which is the bigger news coming out of the Office of Naval Research; the fact that the Navy's Free Electron Laser (FEL) program has demonstrated an
Read more...
The Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) - formerly known simply as the Airborne Laser - has endured a back-and-forth existence, at different times the darling of the MDA, at other times on the verge of catching the Pentagon or Congressional axe.
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An unmanned aerial surveillance drone is only as good as its power source, and as such many technologies are being considered that could drastically extend the duration of drone missions - for instance, DARPA's Vulture program has helped develop a giant solar plane
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We are not at war with an alien race from the center of the Milky Way, but if we were, this is exactly what we would want it to look like. Snapped at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory --
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Detecting explosives, whether they're tucked into the roadside rubbish on a narrow street in Helmand Province or stashed in someone's undergarments at the airport, can be difficult to do. But UK researchers have developed a potent new tool for sniffing out combustible
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To most of us, seeing what's around the corner before rounding the bend is known as premonition. For students and professors at MIT's Media Lab, it's called physics. The lab is working on a laser-based camera that can snap
Read more...
Physicists have long been able to "ghost image" -- that is, to use a split laser beam to detect the presence of an object without actually seeing or interacting with it -- but the process is complicated and can take a while. Now physicists say they've devised a simpler means to detect the presence
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Detecting explosives, whether they're tucked into the roadside rubbish on a narrow street in Helmand Province or stashed in someone's undergarments at the airport, can be difficult to do. But UK researchers have developed a potent new tool for sniffing out combustible
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If those new airport X-ray scanners offend your modest sensibilities, you may not want to read this. A new terahertz remote sensor may soon be able to
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As any astute computer owner would know, particularly those who are of the gamer variety, there are many possible bottlenecks when it comes to getting the most out of your computer hardware. Video cards, random access memory (RAM) and hard drives are but a few of the main hurdles to super-efficient
Read more...
An unmanned aerial surveillance drone is only as good as its power source, and as such many technologies are being considered that could drastically extend the duration of drone missions - for instance, DARPA's Vulture program has helped develop a giant solar plane
Read more...
We are not at war with an alien race from the center of the Milky Way, but if we were, this is exactly what we would want it to look like. Snapped at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory --
Read more...
Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can.
Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move
Read more...
The Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) - formerly known simply as the Airborne Laser - has endured a back-and-forth existence, at different times the darling of the MDA, at other times on the verge of catching the Pentagon or Congressional axe.
Read more...
Lasers can be powerful weapons - they can take down an aircraft at long ranges and in unstable conditions,
Read more...
The Missile Defense Agency's airborne laser weapon is supposed to save us all from imminent nuclear demise, but after yesterday's botched test firing - the second failure
Read more...
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