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Cut Curiously Precise Holes With Femto-Lasers

Posted by timothy on from the just-wanted-to-say-femto dept.

paymenow points out "this story at Science News Online about femto-lasers and how their novel 'cutting physics' allows much more precision than previous lasers. The technology is now finding applications in various industries including, biotech, automotive and laser eye surgery."

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  1. Heheh by CableModemSniper · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bring on the laser pistols. Slice off someone's arm they dont even notice because there is no pain. Awesome.

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  2. Femto lasers? by polyphemus-blinder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are those the kind that come out of hot chicks' boobs in Austin Powers?

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  3. Figures.... by KillerBob · · Score: 5, Funny

    An even lighter touch is evident in recent work that demonstrates the femtosecond laser's potential for gene therapy. In the July 18 Nature, Uday K. Tirlapur and Karsten König of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, described vaporizing tiny spots in the membranes of rodent cells immersed in a solution containing the gene for a fluorescent protein. The cells quickly repaired the holes--but not before the genes had apparently sneaked in, yielding cells that appeared normal except for their green glow

    All the technology in the world, and what do they use it for? To make glow-in-the-dark rats.

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    1. Re:Figures.... by hplasm · · Score: 2, Funny
      The ramifications of this alone on the world energy crisis is considerable!

      No more battery-powered glowing rats using up valuable resources.

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    2. Re:Figures.... by NineBall · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's always been some strange link between new discoveries and rats:
      Radiation: Used to kill rats
      Gene therapy: Used to make rats glow in the dark
      RNA Interface: Used to stop rats from glowing in the dark
      Pesticides: Used to kill rats
      Femtolasers: Used to make faster, better glow-in-the-dark ratsThe trend is obvious.

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