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First Underwater Neutrino Telescope Has Been Constructed
July 4, 2008 Construction of the first underwater neutrino telescope has just been completed. Since early June, the last two detection lines of Antares have been probing the bottom of the Mediterranean for ... > full story -
World's Smallest High Performance, Low Energy Sensor
July 2, 2008 Scientists are developing the world's smallest, high-performance and low-power sensor in silicon which will have applications in biosensing and environmental ... > full story -
Avalanche Photodiodes Target Bioterrorism Agents
June 25, 2008 Researchers have shown that a new class of ultraviolet photodiode could help meet the U.S. military's pressing requirement for compact, reliable and cost-effective sensors to detect anthrax and other ... > full story -
Space Radar To Improve Miners' Safety
June 19, 2008 Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden ... > full story -
Goodbye To Batteries And Power Cords In Factories
June 6, 2008 A broken cable or a soiled connector? If a machine in a factory goes on strike, it could be for any of a thousand reasons. Self-sufficient sensors that provide their own power supply will soon make ... > full story -
Magnetic Sensor That Brooks No Interference
June 3, 2008 A novel magnetic sensor for the first time detects tiny fluctuations in a small magnetic field -- even when there is a strong magnet right beside it. The sensor can thus be utilized even in places ... > full story -
Protons Pair Up With Neutrons: Finding Sheds New Light On Structure Of Nuclear Systems
May 29, 2008 New research has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus. The result, based on the first-ever simultaneous measurement of ... > full story -
GLAST Spacecraft Will Observe Cosmic Sources Of Gamma Rays As It Orbits Above The Earth
May 29, 2008 GLAST will explore the universe's most extreme environments, searching for answers to long-standing questions about dark matter, black holes, and gamma-ray bursts. Scientists expect the orbiting ... > full story -
New Design Enables More Cost-Effective Quantum Key Distribution
May 29, 2008 Researchers have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing cryptographic keys using quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data. The new method ... > full story -
Large Hadron Collider Enables Hunt For 'God' Particle To Complete 'Theory Of Everything'
May 27, 2008 When the world's most powerful subatomic particle collider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a major milestone for a number of University of Washington scientists. UW physicists and ... > full story
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