News articles tagged with 'spectrum'
New nanoparticles make blood clots visible
— 3 Feb 2011 17:57 | HealthFor almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks…
Antihydrogen trapped for first time
— 18 Nov 2010 10:36 | PhysicsPhysicists working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, have succeeded in trapping antihydrogen - the antimatter equivalent of the hydrogen…
Electrons get confused
— 3 Nov 2010 19:52 | PhysicsScientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) observed exotic behaviour from beryllium oxide (BeO) when they bombarded it with high-speed heavy ions: After being shot in this way,…
Can you analyse me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom
— 8 Oct 2010 13:45 | TechnologyUniversity of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical…
Extreme darkness: Carbon nanotube forest covers NIST's ultra-dark detector
— 19 Aug 2010 08:46 | TechnologyHarnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser power detector coated with the world's darkest…
Language as a window into sociability
— 17 Aug 2010 10:36 | HealthPeople with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterised…
Autism: Lack of evidence for antidepressants
— 8 Aug 2010 08:47 | HealthAntidepressants commonly prescribed to people with autistic spectrum disorders cannot be recommended based on current evidence, a new study by Cochrane Researchers concludes. Despite…
Rainbow trapping in light pulses
— 15 Jul 2010 14:43 | PhysicsOver the past decade, scientists have succeeded in slowing pulses of light down to zero speed by letting separate frequency components of the pulse conspire in such a way that a receptive…
Sandia Labs reports first monolithic terahertz solid-state transceiver
— 30 Jun 2010 12:12 | TechnologySandia National Laboratories researchers have taken the first steps toward reducing the size and enhancing the functionality of devices in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum…
Researchers report new autism genes discovered
— 10 Jun 2010 11:57 | HealthUniversity of Illinois at Chicago researchers are part of an international consortium working with Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organisation, which…