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Optical experiment eyes Parthenon mystery

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Emory students and scholars, under the direction of Bonna Wescoat, Professor of Art History, are working together to investigate the visibility of the Parthenon frieze by recreating reliefs (currently on view London and Athens museums) and installing them on the Nashville Parthenon.

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Optics: Images stored in vapor (VIDEO)

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DVD's and credit card holograms have nothing on the latest light-weight way to store images -- inside vapor.
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Controlling light at will: Metamaterials will change optics

Controlling light at will: Metamaterials will change optics | Science News | Scoop.it
Engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated human-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.
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Color blindness

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What exactly does it mean to be color blind? People have varying misconceptions about this–the most common forms of color blindness doesn’t mean that you can’t perceive any color, or that you see the entire world in grayscale. What it really means that their total color space is skewed.

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Math professor's side mirror that eliminates 'blind spot' receives US patent

Math professor's side mirror that eliminates 'blind spot' receives US patent | Science News | Scoop.it

A side mirror that eliminates the dangerous "blind spot" for drivers has now received a U.S. patent. The subtly curved mirror, invented by Drexel University mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, dramatically increases the field of view with minimal distortion.

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Experiment explores optics with iPad

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As any other dutiful scientist, Dr. Weilin "Will" Hou, an oceanographer in the Oceanography Division at NRL Stennis Space Center (NRL-SSC), did his research. Earlier last summer, he decided the hottest tablet computer available on the market-the iPad-was the best option for an upcoming experiment.

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Exotic metamaterials will change optics

Exotic metamaterials will change optics | Science News | Scoop.it
Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.
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Why we have blind spots - and how to see the blood vessels inside your own eye!

Why we have blind spots - and how to see the blood vessels inside your own eye!

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