News articles tagged with 'distortion'
Delving into manganite conductivity
— 10 Feb 2011 19:19 | PhysicsChemical compounds called manganites have been studied for many years since the discovery of colossal magnetoresistance, a property that promises important applications in the fields…
NASA's Webb Telescope unique structural 'heart' passes extreme tests
— 29 Sep 2010 16:35 | AstronomyNASA engineers have created a unique engineering marvel called the ISIM structure that recently survived exposure to extreme cryogenic temperatures, proving that the structure will…
Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviours
— 18 Jun 2010 13:47 | HealthNormal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviours…
Hand study reveals brain's distorted body model
— 15 Jun 2010 03:53 | BiologyOur brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London)…
Weak lensing gains strength
— 20 Jan 2010 14:35 | AstronomyWeak gravitational lensing is a uniquely promising way to learn how much dark matter there is in the Universe and how its distribution has evolved since the distant past. New work by…
Blur's noise and distortion reversed
— 9 Jul 2009 14:08 | TechnologyErrant pixels and blurry regions in a photo, whether digital or scanned, are the bane of photographers everywhere. Moreover, in vision processing research degraded photos are common…
Synthetic gene circuit allows precise dosing of gene expression
— 11 Mar 2009 12:10 | HealthResearchers have crafted a gene circuit that permits precise tuning of a gene's expression in a cell, an advance that should allow for more accurate analysis of the gene's role in normal…
Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos
— 14 Jan 2009 09:30 | TechnologyDistorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. University of Wisconsin-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Zhenqiang…
Laser flashes without bounds
— 29 Oct 2008 11:54 | TechnologyResearchers of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have developed a novel optical fibre that enables transmission of ultrashort light pulses…
First device to measure ultrashort laser pulse at focus
— 9 May 2008 10:47 | TechnologyLasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are used for numerous applications including micromachining, microscopy, laser eye surgery, spectroscopy and controlling chemical reactions.…