Most people would agree that cell phone use during a performance or concert can be incredibly distracting. Violators of cell phone policies are asked to silence or turn off their devices, and in some cases, asked to leave the venue. In China, however, some theaters have adopted a policy that uses lasers to “shame” theatergoers […]
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Manufacturing and Lumber Processing Applications
When it comes to manufacturing within the lumber industry, companies are always looking for the best equipment around. The oldest known wooden constructions in the world were found by German archeologists in the Greater Leipzig region of Germany. It was discovered that these four Neolithic wells were created by the Linear Pottery Company and date […]
Optogenetics: The Future of Memory?
[ted id=1813] Everyone has bad days they would rather forget. But what if it were possible to actually edit out our negative memories with a beam of light, and replace them with new information? Thanks to two neuroscientists at MIT, this might be a reality sooner, rather than later. The first challenge in altering a […]
How Lasers May Help Prevent Food Poisoning
Affecting millions of people annually, food poisoning by consumption of contaminated products is a significant health issue. Typically, retailers and manufacturers rely on “sell by” and “good until” dates, as a way to measure the safe shelf life of the things we eat. This is mostly due to the fact that monitoring the bacteria and […]
Lene Hau and the Bose-Einstein Condensate
In honor of Women’s History month meet Dr. Lene Hau… Dr. Lene Hau is a Danish physicist who was born on November 13, 1959 in Vejle, DK. Hau is currently Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University and has also taught Energy Science at Harvard while teaching within the fields of biophysics […]