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Opening up the last part of the spectrum

December 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- New European research on the last, hidden part of the electromagnetic spectrum is producing new, safe and non-destructive tests for medicine, security and industrial quality control.


Plastic as a conductor

December 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting ...


Starwars style holographic 3DTV could be a reality by 2018, experts say

December 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3D television system which would display holographic images floating in mid air - reminiscent of a famous scene from Star Wars - could be a reality in households within the next decade according ...