News articles tagged with 'polarisation'
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
— 3 Nov 2009 09:02 | AstronomyA detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist... — full story
Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD
— 26 Oct 2009 15:49 | TechnologyThe remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published in Nature Photonics... — full story
UA scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
— 9 Oct 2009 12:50 | PhysicsChaotic behaviour is the rule, not the exception, in the world we experience through our senses, the world governed by the laws of classical physics... — full story
To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders
— 22 Sep 2009 13:25 | HealthFor scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, what seemed like a disappointing result turned out to be an important discovery. Their findings,... — full story
Scientists unlock optical secrets of jewel beetles
— 23 Jul 2009 18:00 | BiologyA small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful... — full story
ORNL finding could help electronics industry enter new phase
— 18 Jun 2009 11:34 | TechnologyElectronic devices of the future could be smaller, faster, more powerful and consume less energy because of a discovery by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National... — full story
New system for detection of single atoms
— 18 May 2009 14:59 | PhysicsScientists have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival... — full story
NIST super-sensors to measure 'signature' of inflationary Universe
— 3 May 2009 14:31 | TechnologyWhat happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards... — full story
Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarisation
— 13 Apr 2009 14:36 | TechnologyApplied scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated,... — full story
Dissecting a stellar explosion
— 3 Apr 2009 13:13 | AstronomyIntegral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar... — full story