Optogenetics: Controlling and eradicating epilepsy with lasers | ExtremeTech
Optogenetics: Controlling and eradicating epilepsy with lasers By John Hewitt on January 24, 2013 at 10:54 am Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of seizure activity in humans. It...
View ArticleUS Military Will Install Laser Turrets on Bombers and Fighter Jets — GIZMODO
US Military Will Install Laser Turrets on Bombers and Fighter Jets Jesus Diaz JAN 24, 2013 2:20 PM It was science fiction before, but now it’s really happening, Young Skywalker: The US Navy and Air...
View ArticleLaser pulses cool semiconductor – physicsworld.com
Scanning-electron-microscope image showing the CdS nanobelt draped diagonally across a silicon-dioxide substrate. The nanobelt is seen bridging a tiny square hole, where the cooling takes place....
View ArticleFuture imaging tools could replace lenses with microwave-sensing...
Future imaging tools could replace lenses with microwave-sensing metamaterials By John Hewitt on January 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm Conventional imaging systems — like digital cameras — use a lens to map an...
View ArticleFast beam of neutral atoms created using lasers and plasma | Ars Technica
Computer simulation of a laser plasma accelerator, showing the waves in the plasma that accelerate charged particles. A new experiment has extended this design to accommodate neutral particles as well....
View ArticleRevolutionary cooling system uses lasers — Science Daily
Semiconductor material, Cadmium Sulfide, being cooled using a laser beam in Prof Xiong Qihua’s experiment. (Credit: Image courtesy of Nanyang Technological University) Revolutionary Cooling System Uses...
View ArticleVaporizing Threatening Asteroids — Astrobiology Magazine
Concept drawing of the DE-STAR system engaging both an asteroid for evaporation or composition analysis, and simultaneously propelling an interplanetary spacecraft. Credit: Courtesy Philip M. Lubin...
View ArticleThe Spark Within: Light-Emitting Bioprobe Fits in a Single Cell — intern daily
This scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows a nanobeam probe, including a large part of the handle tip, inserted in a typical cell. (Photo: Gary Shambat, Stanford School of Engineering) The...
View ArticleProfessor brings access to previously untapped higher frequency bandwidth —...
With a novel device, a UD professor is bringing access to previously untapped higher frequency bandwidth. Professor brings access to previously untapped higher frequency bandwidth February 19, 2013 by...
View ArticlePhysicists demonstrate acceleration of electrons by laser in vacuum — phys.org
Each row of two frames represents one snapshot-pair of laser on (on the right side) and laser off (on the left side) with unchanged configuration. One can see a clear increase from these pictures,...
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