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1) Lifting fingerprints without touching the surface; 2) Detecting Alzheimer's early by looking in the eye; 3) Capturing natural lighting in computer-animated movies.
How many people do airplanes wake up nightly? How different must two drug names sound to prevent doctors and patients from confusing them? What sound can bacteria generate to help workers monitor waste-management equipment? These questions and others will be answered at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
Husband-and-wife team combine love of baseball, math to predict sportswriters' voting results.
A mathematical model predicting the Cy Young award yielded both of the 2005 winners, Chris Carpenter and Bartolo Colon. But the inventors made a small human error they would later regret: before the awards, they overrode the model's AL prediction, choosing Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera rather than the model's choice, Colon"”the actual winner.
A new optical device might allow astronomers to view extrasolar planets directly without the annoying glare of the parent star. By "nulling" out the light of the parent star by exploiting the light's wave nature, remaining reflected light from the planet can be observed in space-based detectors.
A decision in US federal court today ruled that the concept of "Intelligent Design" does not belong in public school science classrooms. the strong peer-reviewed science of evolution does not conflict with religious belief, many scientists assert, but science belongs in science classes, while religious concepts should be discussed elsewhere.
The Acoustical Society of America sponsors two annual awards for outstanding popular works on acoustics. One is for a popular piece on acoustics composed by a journalist and the other is for a popular piece on acoustics composed by an acoustics professional.
Three Senate bills would substantially increase federal investments in physical science research and education, increase tax incentives for industry to invest in research and development, and establish a new class of student visas for doctoral candidates studying math, engineering, technology and science.
Researchers will announce some of the latest breakthroughs and innovations in optics-based communications at OFC/NFOEC 2006--the largest and most comprehensive international event for optical communications.
Deadlines have been extended for two American Institute of Physics Science Writing Awards: those for journalist-written books and for broadcast media pieces in physics, astronomy and related fields.
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