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Feed SubscriptionPioneer of lasers and optics Orazio Svelto receives Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2011
This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Professor Orazio Svelto for his pioneering, long-lasting and innovative work in the fields of lasers and optics. Svelto is an internationally renowned laser and photonics scientist and one of the worldwide leaders of the scientific community in this field. The award, accompanied by EUR 5,000, will be presented on 24 May 2011 at the Laser World of Photonics Congress in Munich, Germany.
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While there is still so much money in natural gas, those turbines will have to wait.
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Have you ever tried studying in the dark? How about studying in the midst of noxious fumes? It's not the best educational environment.
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There is plenty of hoopla over the first major social network IPO.
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With the Allen Telescope Array run by the SETI Institute in northern California, the time is coming when we will encounter an extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). Contact will probably come sooner rather than later because of Moore’s Law (proposed by Intel’s co-founder Gordon E. Moore), which posits a doubling of computing power every one to two years
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About 100,000 people have downloaded the social video sharing app in the last few days alone. And cute puppy clips aren't the only draw. With mobile-friendly max clip lengths of 15 seconds, Viddy's part Twitter, part Instagram, all the rage.
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Still panicked after the Fukushima disaster? China's not: They're sending nuclear technology to everyone--even Pakistan.
Read More »You Stay Classy, Axe
The makers of the popular bro-wash (Broap?) create a Facebook app that lets you claim to be dating over a hundred girls at once (but actually obliterates your chances to date even one). Dislike! Oh, Axe .
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Tiger Woods will fall out of the top 10 in the world ranking next week, ending an amazing streak of being top 10 in the world for 14 consecutive years.
Read More »New Satellite Will Measure Ocean Circulation
NASA will launch a scientific instrument into space next month to measure the salt content of the world's oceans, information that could help confirm scientists' suspicions that climate change is accelerating the world's water cycle. The instrument, Aquarius, will launch June 9 as part of a joint mission between NASA and Argentina's space agency. [More]
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Read More »New Gadget Mantra: The Screen’s The Thing
We're used to fairly similar LCD screens on pretty much all our mobile gadgets and TVs. That's all about to change
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