Laser-based System Detects Asbestos in Real Time
Although banned in many industrialized countries since the 1980s, the threat of asbestos lingers on in ceilings, walls and floors of old buildings. Now, a new laser-based system that is the first portable detector of asbestos aims to provide an affordable way for tradespeople to identify airborne particles.
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Advances in Standoff Detection Make the World Safer
An abundance of new research and development in optical detection at a distance is increasing the ability of governments and military organizations to more efficiently identify and categorize explosives, biological agents and other threats.
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Electronic Components Speed Spectroscopy
A new solution employing electronic components could make atmospheric-gas measurement more even and 1000 times faster than with conventional techniques and could advance greenhouse-gas measurement.
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Laser Spectroscopy Narrows Search for Origins of Superconductivity
The mechanism underlying high-temperature superconductivity has remained one of the most important and tantalizing puzzles in physics, but research that measures fleeting electron waves could help solve the mystery and pave the way for rapid technological advances.
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