spectroscopy Archive
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Synchrotrons, ships and sulphur: Using a particle accelerator to help conserve the Mary Rose
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsA few miles outside of Didcot, housed within what seems to be a flying saucer stranded in the Oxfordshire countryside, is one of the UK’s […] -
‘Bland’ Planet reveals bizarre and complex weather systems
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsWith a reputation for being boring and bland, Uranus, which resides 2.88 billion km away from the sun, has recently revealed previously undetected large and […] -
Use of ordinary green laser could bring Raman spectroscopy into the wider world
Posted on October 14, 2012 | 1 CommentWith potential uses ranging from drugs to explosives detection, the new Raman Spectrometer being presented at the Optical Society of America’s “Frontiers in Optics” meeting […] -
The Astronomer’s Toolkit
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpectroscopy, it seems to me, is the most useful tool in the astronomer’s box. In the broadest sense, it describes the set of methods whereby […] -
Hotter Than You Think
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsWhen you observe a solar eclipse, the main disk of the Sun is covered but its outer atmosphere is still visible. What you can see […]