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Light-matter wave mixing

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:15 GMT

Laguerre-Gaussian beam light-matter wave mixing in a Bose-Einstein condensate creates a matter-wave vortex.
–L. Deng and C.J. Zhu

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Light Schoolwork

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:21:40 GMT

In a 4-s exposure (with flash), student Jackie O'Brien lights a match with a 200-mW red diode laser at Oswego High School in Oswego, N.Y., U.S.A., under the direction of physics teacher Thomas C. Altman. –Thomas C. Altman

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Cool Coating

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:35:25 GMT

New plasma-assisted e-beam vacuum deposition system from Inrad Optics. –Inrad Optics

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Glistening Mold

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:16 GMT

The Rheinberg illumination technique is used to image slime mold (Dictyostelium discoideum) on agar.—William R. West, Burlington, N.C., U.S.A.

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Sauron’s Eye

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:12:18 GMT

Interference contrast image of unintentional and apparently destructive etching of an AlGaAs/GaAs superlattice on a GaAs wafer by hydrogen chloride, which penetrated a 100-nm-thick GaAs capping layer. —Wolfgang Stumpf, ETH Zurich

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African Clawed Frog

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:08:09 GMT

Confocal tile scan of Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) tadpole (10x).—Tong Zhang, McGill University, Canada, Nikon Small World Competition, 2009 Image of Distinction

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Liquid Crystal

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:44:19 GMT

Polarizing microscope image of a nematic liquid crystal micro-droplet (about 50 µm) confined in an optical adhesive (dark background). Energy conservation causes the molecules to align in one of the stable radial configurations. —Ravi K. Komanduri, North Carolina State University

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Frequency of Sound

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:40:42 GMT

— Manuela Donoso, NYU
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James Webb Telescope Model at SXSW

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:42:47 GMT

— NASA/Chris Gunn
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Through the Fresnel Lens

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:10:21 GMT

— Scott A. Holmstrom, University of Tulsa
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