Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films
Credit: by Eduardo J. C. Dias, Renwen Yu, F. Javier García de Abajo Surface plasmons in graphene have been widely studied in the past decade...
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UC3M coordinates a project to develop new connectors for the high frequency industry
Credit: UC3M Designing and demonstrating a new generation of high frequency interconnections, this is the main objective of a European research project called TERAMeasure, which...
A survey on optical memory and optical RAM technologies
Credit: by Alexoudi, T., Kanellos, G.T. & Pleros, N. Over the past decades, "storing light" has appeared as a rather controversial statement, given that a...
Application-driven quantum and statistical physics volume 3, published
A short course for future scientists and engineersCredit: World Scientific As part of our Essential Textbooks in Physics series, the third volume of Application-Driven Quantum...
Topological photonics in fractal lattices
Credit: by Zhaoju Yang, Eran Lustig, Yaakov Lumer and Mordechai Segev Topological insulators are a new phase of matter featured by their insulating bulk and...
High school athletes require longer recovery following concussions
Epidemiologic findings from a high school populationCredit: Getty Images DETROIT - Young athletes are sidelined for at least one month after suffering a concussion, according...
Valley-Hall nanoscale lasers
Credit: by Daria Smirnova, Aditya Tripathi, Sergey Kruk, Min-Soo Hwang, Ha-Reem Kim, Hong-Gyu Park, and Yuri Kivshar Topological photonics underpins a promising paradigm for robust...
Living with a problem gambler?
Partner and family can help flag early signsCredit: Flinders University With the lure of online gambling high during COVID-19 lockdowns - and some gambling venues...
Through the nanoscale looking glass — determining boson peak frequency in ultra-thin alumina
Boson peak in ultra-thin alumina glass: Neutron spectroscopy confirms molecular dynamics simulationCredit: RMIT/UOW There's more to glass than meets the eye. Glasses, which are disordered...
New detection method turns silicon cameras into mid-infrared detectors
Credit: by David Knez, Adam Hanninen, Richard Prince, Eric Potma and Dmitry Fishman The MIR range of the electromagnetic spectrum, which roughly covers light in...
Virginia Tech, partners pioneer nation’s first pediatric rehabilitation resource center
Virginia Tech, Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital joined together to create the $5 million, NIH-funded centerCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Research partners across three...
Synthetic dimensions enable a new way to construct higher-order topological insulators
Credit: by Avik Dutt, Momchil Minkov, Ian A. D. Williamson, and Shanhui Fan Topological insulators have been an exciting field of research with fundamental interest...
Eating habits of baby predator starfish revealed
Juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish will eat almost anything to survive, complicating plans for their managementCredit: University of Sydney Adult crown-of-thorns starfish pose one of the greatest...
Temporal aiming with temporal metamaterials
Credit: by Victor Pacheco-Peña and Nader Engheta Tailoring and manipulating electromagnetic wave propagation has been of great interest within the scientific community for many decades....
World’s smallest imaging device has heart disease in focus
Credit: Image by Simon Thiele and Jiawen Li. A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and University of Stuttgart has used 3D...