UEFA fined French champion Lyon US$5,000 (€3,200) Thursday because a fan aimed a laser pen at Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo during a match.
Television replays showed a circle of bright, green light shining on the Portugal international during the first half of United’s Champions League game at Stade Gerland on Feb. 20.
The fine was imposed […]
Despite domestic concerns like inflation and a looming home lending crisis, Americans continue to spend money on plastic surgery. According to the latest procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2007, a 7% increase from 2006 and a 59% increase from […]
Laser marking of tools, workpieces and components offers advantages in many applications. The process is flexible, it offers several methods of permanently marking surfaces; it is a safe and environmentally friendly; it can be applied to flat, curved and unusually shaped objects made from any of a variety of materials and it can be used […]
Theremins are neat; it’s a fact. The instrument hasn’t had a huge presence in the musical world, but from b-horror movies to The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” where it’s popped up, the impact has certainly been felt.
What’s the one thing that could possibly make the theremin neater? That’s right, lasers.
The beamz Music Performance System (note […]
A new approach to medical imaging using an instrument that can reveal details of tumours and tissues with a precision 1,000 times sharper than existing techniques has been developed by American scientists.
Raman spectroscopy can picture internal anatomical features within an accuracy of nearly a billionth of a millimetre and has already been used to image […]
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