
PhysOrg.com) -- A new, $500,000 instrument recently went about its work emitting and reading high-speed pulses of silent and invisible terahertz rays.
As it did, Thomas Chiou explained how the technology would allow Iowa State University researchers to take a close and unique look at materials reliability, biofuels combustion, environmental clean-up, cancer screening, biomass conversion, ionic liquids and many other research areas in science and engineering.
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