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South Pole Telescope at Jupiter Achieves First Light

Scientists aimed the South Pole Telescope at Jupiter on the evening of Feb. 16 and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations.

15 Jul 2007

Lasers for Deflecting Asteroids

A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are conducting research that could one day save humanity from asteroids threatening Earth.

15 Jul 2007

Satellite Remote-Sensing Method Hatches New Cell-Analysis System

Using the same "multispectral analysis" concept that enables satellites to study Earth's surface, Purdue University researchers have developed a new system that quickly determines the composition of cells and tissue for medical diagnostics and scientific applications.

15 Jul 2007

New Type of Laser for Providing High-Resolution 3-D Images of the Retina

In efforts that may improve diagnoses of many eye diseases, researchers will introduce a new type of laser for providing high-resolution 3-D images of the retina, the part of the eye that converts light to electrical signals that travel to the brain.

13 Jul 2007

MRI-Safe Motor Makes Robotic Biopsies Possible

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Urology Robotics Lab report the invention of a motor without metal or electricity that can safely power remote-controlled robotic medical devices used for cancer biopsies and therapies guided by magnetic resonance imaging.

13 Jul 2007

Bacteria Rapid Detection Using Optical Scattering Technology

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new low-cost system that analyzes scattered laser light to quickly identify bacteria for applications in medicine, food processing and homeland security at one-tenth the ...

13 Jul 2007

New Light Microscope Surpasses Resolution of Conventional Optical Microscopes

A new light microscope so powerful that it allows scientists peering inside cells to discern the precise location of nearly each individual protein they are studying has been developed and successfully demonstrated by scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Florida State University.

13 Jul 2007