Lasers Make Other Metals Look Like Gold
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In a feat of optical alchemy, researchers have used ultrashort laser bursts to alter how metals absorb and reflect light, changing their appearance dramatically.
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A new detector combines a laser with  a mass spectrometer to provide on-the-spot analysis that  researchers hope will have applications ranging from evaluating  a tumor as it is removed to quickly detecting explosives in  luggage.
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Europe launches a project to build a super-brilliant X-ray laser to probe the atomic structure of materials.
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The same laser that writes your latest music mix will etch a label onto the other side of special discs.
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A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon as the basis for making chips in electronic devices.
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By Tammy M. Smith, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 22--BILOXI -- Metallics can be simultaneously subtle and striking.
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It sounds like something out of Star Trek. Austrian researchers have teleported photons (particles of light) across the Danube River in Vienna using technology that calls to mind Scotty beaming up Captain Kirk ...
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Lasers may be the weapon of choice for sci-fi movie heroes when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But back here on Planet Earth, lasers are at the center of a movie battle of another kind: the one
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An electrically driven laser expands the range of photonic crystal devices.
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Fake fur and real fur and jewelry and Jet Skis, Crystal and Segways and bubbly and Caddies,
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Scientists from across the globe gather to learn more about the ways in which light can be used in medicine.
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Offering a large selection of quality titanium jewelry for men and women. Using aircraft grade titanium, platinum, gold and gemstones to create everything from cuff links to wedding rings.
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Several manufacturers are replacing bulbs in televisions with lasers and light-emitting diodes, which beam red, green and blue light rather than white light.
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All that glitters is not gold. It's rhinestones and lamÃ© that will shine in fall fashions.
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In an advance that could drive down the cost of optical networks, researchers have built a laser using silicon, the same material used in computer chips, that shines without stopping or blinking.
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The aesthetic-laser maker continues its string of disappointing quarters.