» A fresh view of lasers

» Aftermath: surviving psychopathy

» Promoting happiness

» Haliobacteria Red

Giordano has been quite busy with blue posts recently. This is a red post.

More specifically the red of haliobacteria.

» Blue rose

» Single Electron Imaged with Quantum Strobe

Reader and frequent commenter Rocket Roo posted this comment on a relatively old post. I believe it is worth starting a new thread on it.

A quantum stroboscope based on a sequence of identical attosecond (10^-18 s) pulses has been used to release electrons into a strong infrared laser field exactly once per laser cycle (coherent scattering). The resulting electron momentum distributions are recorded as a function of time delay between the IR laser and the attosecond pulse train using a velocity map imaging spectrometer. More details can be read at http://focus.aps.org/story/v21/st7. See the movie at http://www.atto.fysik.lth.se/video/emovie.mov.

» 30 Terabytes Uploaded Nightly

» Income level: economists are wrong

» Imaging Entanglement

How a conventional tool of material science — neutron beams produced at particle accelerators and nuclear reactors — can be used to produce images of the ghostly entangled states of the quantum world.

» Positronium molecules

UC Riverside physicists have apparently created the first observed diatomic positronium molecule.

» Two-Photon Microscopy

A very interesting example of non-local realism appears in the paper entitled, "Two-Photon Microscopy: Shedding Light on the Chemistry of Vision," (Biochemistry 2007, v46, 9674-9684) . Since it is written by chemists, the going is a little tough in parts, so here are some way-points for the interested reader:

» Mini review. Snakes in suits

This is the third review in this series I am calling 301.7—terrorism @ home, and as promised it is about the workplace. In the previous two reviews we visited The sociopath next door and Without conscience. In science, the Nineties were the decade of the brain, and so much progress was made—think for example functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)—Dr. Hare's latest book, written with Dr. Babiak, gives us a much more precise picture of the psychopath than Without conscience. Yet, there is still no other cure than capital punishment while concomitantly we have made our organizations more inviting for psychopaths.

» Mini review. Without conscience

As mortgage investments are in crisis, I'll offer you my second mini review in the 301.7—terrorism @ home series, because you indicated in my post on risk management that all that is necessary is to understand the risks and hedge against them. Today's book among others briefly discusses the Savings & Loans crisis and what you learn from that may help you develop a proper risk management strategy for the current crisis, which has many similarities.

» Mini review. The sociopath next door

» Contributors, slackers, quitters, and Bull-Dog Sauce

If you saw the news on Japanese TV yesterday, the top story was the Bull-Dog Sauce take-over and specifically the morality of the High Court decision in this matter. It just so happens that the latest Science issue has a paper on a new model of collective action showing how socially beneficial punishment can arise and evolve. Color science relies heavily on mathematical models, so this is an interesting case for us.

» Chaotic light sources

My previous post was on light sources, and I hope it cleared up the difference between the various sources. Today I am opening Pandora's box: chaotic light sources. Let us see what the experts have to say about this subject:

» Childhood origins of adult resistance to science

I recently posted an entry on non-local realism that sparked quite a discussion. Last week’s Science Magazine had an interesting review article bearing the above title childhood origins of adult resistance to science (subscription required), analyzing similar issues in neuroscience and evolutionary biology.

» Leonard Euler's 300th birthday

» Loss aversion in decision-making