News articles tagged with 'detection' (Page 9)
Quantum Cascade Laser chip offers ultra-sensitive chemical sensing
— 3 Dec 2007 21:34 | PhysicsEngineers from Harvard University have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ranging…
Discovering teenage galaxies
— 28 Nov 2007 15:25 | AstronomyStaring for the equivalent of every night for two weeks at the same little patch of sky with ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has found the extremely…
Neutron scatter camera provides a way to look at radiation
— 26 Nov 2007 22:27 | PhysicsIn an effort to find an answer to the problem of identifying smuggled special nuclear material (SNM), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California say a neutron scatter…
Rogue wave detection
— 16 Nov 2007 13:52 | EnvironmentGiant waves, also known as monster waves, have been talked about by sailors for centuries, often related to unexplained disappearances at sea, but no one quite believed them. They have…
Researchers develop technology for early detection of viruses
— 31 Oct 2007 09:59 | BiologyIowa State University researchers have developed a technology that detects a single molecule of the virus associated with cervical cancer in women. That's a significant improvement…
Accessory protein determines whether pheromones are detected
— 18 Oct 2007 10:56 | BiologyPheromones are like the molecules you taste as you chomp on a greasy French fry: big and fatty. In research published in the 17 October advance online issue of Nature, Rockefeller University…
Iowa State engineer develops technology to quickly find leaks in spacecraft
— 6 Oct 2007 18:06 | AstronomyTiny meteors flash through space. There's spacecraft debris flying around, too. And so there's a risk that objects just a few millimetres across could pierce the thin aluminium skin…