Eyewitnesses have described seeing a burst of light and hearing loud, thunderous noises.

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Those types of collisions would produce an extremely short gamma burst with no burst of light, which is the best fit for the data.

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Once the rods were in place, the team fired a burst of laser light in the general location of the tumour.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

In a 35-nanosecond burst of laser light, 4.3 megabytes of a color image are burned on a photosensitive DuPont polymer film, rearranging the chemistry into a zebra-striped interference pattern.

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But the popularity of the new light-rail system (along with the spectacular burst of the housing bubble) suggests that Phoenicians may be considering a sustainable (shudder) lifestyle.

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The dying glow of light from the February burst provides further clues.

ECONOMIST: Astronomy

Exactly which of the pinpricks of light in the picture actually is the burst can be worked out later.

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The Nan-Shan was being looted by the storm with a senseless, destructive fury: trysails torn out of the extra gaskets, double-lashed awnings blown away, bridge swept clean, weather-cloths burst, rails twisted, light-screens smashed and two of the boats had gone already.

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It hasn't been just new projects that are making headlines: In November, even the Empire State Building got a makeover, when the owners installed a new LED light system whose millions of colors can ripple, cross-fade, strobe and burst in time to the tunes of Alicia Keys or a special New Year's show.

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