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Summer Celebration fireworks: Prepare to be oohed and awed

Posted on July 5, 2010 by leah

MUSKEGON — Expect the unexpected with this year’s Summer Celebration Fourth of July fireworks. A new company, American Fireworks of Ohio, is doing them and the company has its own term for what will be lighting up the sky (and … Continue reading →

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Mike Gould sheds light on his passion for Illuminatus 2.1, a laser light show

Posted on July 5, 2010 by leah

Editor’s note: University of Michigan junior Ellora Gupta is writing a regular summer series called “Passionate People.” Her goal is to inspire others and her column will cover uplifting stories about Ann Arbor locals who are striving to achieve their … Continue reading →

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Lasik surgery

Posted on July 5, 2010 by leah

If your vision’s blurring and you hate the idea of using glasses or contact lenses, you should consider Lasik surgery as an option. Short for Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, this walk-away procedure is used to treat near sightedness (myopia), … Continue reading →

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Laser therapy may ease type of eczema

Posted on June 4, 2010 by leah

(Reuters Health) – Laser therapy that delivers a concentrated beam of ultraviolet light may help ease a hard-to-treat form of eczema, a small study suggests. Health The study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, compared the effects of laser … Continue reading →

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Mapping Ancient Civilization, in a Matter of Days

Posted on June 3, 2010 by leah

For a quarter of a century, two archaeologists and their team slogged through wild tropical vegetation to investigate and map the remains of one of the largest Maya cities, in Central America. Slow, sweaty hacking with machetes seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Rain-making lasers could trigger showers on demand

Posted on June 3, 2010 by leah

Lasers that stimulate condensation may help to induce rain artificially. Zeeya Merali The rain dance is getting a twenty-first-century revamp using laser technology. Optical physicists have demonstrated that shooting lasers into the air can trigger the formation of water droplets, … Continue reading →

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