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Scientific gems are having a sparkly moment

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 20, 2023
Exotic crystals grown for science and industry that don't make the cut for the lab are being repurposed as jewelry.
Lutetium aluminum garnets, normally used in scientific and medical instruments to detect invisible radiation, have been fashioned into gem stones after being repurposed by Stephen Challener and faceted by Eric Bardawil at House of Sylas.
Eric Bardawil
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What to do about all that space junk? Cue the lasers

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 5, 2015
For now, we 'watch and hope' that debris in the orbital fast lane won't hit ISS.
GRAPHIC - (CIRCA 1989): This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) handout image shows a graphical representation of space debris in low Earth orbit. According to the European Space Agency there are 8,500 objects larger than 10 cm (approximately 3.9 inches) orbiting the earth and 150,000 larger than 1 cm (approximately 0.39 inches).
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Discovering hidden languages in centuries-old writing

by Molly Wood
Oct 1, 2014
The technology Michael Toth uses to find treasure in ancient manuscripts.
Pages out of The Archimedes Palimpsest, a medieval parchment manuscript, now consisting of 174 parchment folios.
Drs. Reviel Netz and Nigel Wilson
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Using lasers and sensors to catch film bootleggers in action

by Molly Wood
Nov 28, 2013
Catching bootleggers red handed.
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Self-guided bullets are now a thing

by Marc Sanchez
Feb 2, 2012
A frightening thing
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Don't blink

by John Moe
Nov 7, 2011
Taking nipping and tucking to the next level, brown-eyed people are now pointing lasers in their eyes to turn their irises blue. Oh brown-eyed...
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You guys you guys you guys: living lasers!

by John Moe
Jun 13, 2011
Scientists have created a laser that is alive (and now God will be too scared of our powers to ever smite us for our insolence!). They isolated a...
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Lasers to replace sparkplugs

by John Moe
Apr 21, 2011
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Lasers! On Navy ships! Pew pew!

by John Moe
Apr 12, 2011
You guys! It's all happening. The US Navy has completed a series of successful tests where they hooked up a big laser gun to a ship and then shot...
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Scientists build an anti-laser, you guys!

by John Moe
Feb 18, 2011
A team of Yale University scientists have built a device that can absorb a laser beam entirely....
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