Optics
Scientists raise concerns over unclean water in quake zone
Following investigations in the aftermath of the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that rattled 11 provinces, a team of scientists has found that water supplies were deemed unfit for consumption in some areas, prompting urgent attention to the need for water treatment units.
Smoke radars to be installed in Thessaloniki forest
The suburban hilltop forest of Seich Sou in Thessaloniki will by October 4 have three lidar systems: optical radars produced by Raymetrics, a firm that makes sensors for remote meteorological parameter monitoring.
Slovenian archaeologist makes new discoveries about Maya calendar
Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc has played a key role in a groundbreaking study on the Maya calendar in which researchers found that the Mayan timekeeping system is hundreds of years older than previous research indicated and might have been used as far back as 1100 BC.
Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second!
Even more impressive is the fact this new speed record was set using a single light source and a single optical chip!
US Navy takes delivery of tactical Lockheed Martin laser weapon
When the first laser was invented by Theodore Maiman in 1960, it was almost immediately seen as a potential super-weapon
Is the Assyrian Nimrud Lens the oldest telescope in the world?
“This piece of rock crystal has been carefully ground and polished, and undoubtedly has optical properties”
The USAF is putting Death Rays on fighter jets. Yes, Death Rays!
The laser must be focused on the fast-moving missile long enough to have an effect
Romania's Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics facility declared Installation of National Interest
Under a government decision approved on Wednesday, the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility managed by Bucharest's "Horia Hulubei" National Research & Development Institute for Nuclear Physics and Engineering, an institute coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Research, was declared Installation of National Interest.
Eminent scientist Theodore Papazoglou dies at 57 after contracting coronavirus
The eminent scientist and researcher Theodore Papazoglou has died at the age of 57 after contracting the coronavirus, reports said on Monday.
Papazoglou passed away at a Brussels hospital after several days in intensive care, the same reports indicated.
National defence industry developed and produced first hundred per cent Romanian thermal imager
A hundred per cent Romanian thermal imager has been developed and produced by the national defence industry, informs the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment (MEEMA), in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.