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This would give computer operators or video-game players full gesture control without the need for cameras or other external motion-tracking devices. The polymer sheet could also be wrapped around objects to provide them with sensor capabilities. Since the material is transparent, it's also possible to use multiple layers that each fluoresce at different wavelengths to capture color images. Our world is changing because of science. Just imagine this sheet can be used in films, games, and most importantly in psychology.

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In StarChild Science we begin our science lessons by trying to catch light in a jar. I know. This is ridiculous. Right! Not so. Even big scientists try to catch light, entire rainbows of light. Scientists seek a more efficient way to catch rainbows, an advancement in photonics that could lead to technological breakthroughs in solar energy, stealth technology and other areas of research. Start your study of scientific phenomena by trying to catch light in a jar. See where that leads your young students.

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"You can't run a landscape, any more than you can run your life, indefinitely in a state of emergency." Wendell Berry

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Rain and snow don’t just block headlights: they cast distracting light back into the driver’s eyes. But Carnegie Mellon researchers have shown it’s possible to create a headlight system that detects droplets, hailstones, and flakes, predicts their course, and steers light in between them.

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A study conducted at the University of Barcelona shows that organic tomatoes contain higher levels of phenolic compounds than conventional tomatoes. Phenolic compounds are organic molecules found in many vegetables with proven human health benefits. The UB's Natural Antioxidant Group, headed by lecturer Rosa M. Lamuela, had previously demonstrated that organic tomato juice and ketchup contain higher polyphenol content than juice and ketchup made from conventionally grown tomatoes.

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New research has discovered that curcumin, a compound found in the cooking spice turmeric, can cause a modest but measurable increase in levels of a protein that's known to be important in the "innate" immune system, helping to prevent infection in humans and other animals. Redemption

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The trapped rainbow could be utilised in tiny biosensors to identify biological materials based on the amount of light they absorb and then subsequently emit, which is known as fluorescence spectroscopy. Slowed-down light has a stronger interaction with molecules than light travelling at normal speeds, so it enables a more detailed analysis.

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