Is the past (and future) there when nobody looks?
Credit: © Aloop, IQOQI-Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften In 1961, the Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Eugene Wigner proposed what ...
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Using micro-sized cut metal wires, Japanese team forges path to new uses for terahertz waves
Credit: Takehito Suzuki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japanese researchers successfully tested reflectionless, highly refractive index metasurface that may ...
Nanophotonics enhanced coverslip for phase imaging in biology
Credit: by Lukas Wesemann, Jon Rickett, Jingchao Song, Jieqiong Lou, Elizabeth Hinde, Timothy J. Davis, and Ann Roberts The ability ...
Hanging by a thread: Imaging and probing chains of single atoms
Scientists develop a method to visualize monoatomic chains and measure the strength and conductance of single-atom bondsCredit: Yoshifumi Oshima Ishikawa, ...
NUS and Shell join hands to advance decarbonisation solutions
New S$4.6 million research programme aims to sustainably convert carbon dioxide into cleaner fuels and useful chemicalsCredit: National University of ...
Study of nitinol deformations to enrich understanding of materials with targeted properties
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in International Journal of Solids and StructuresCredit: Kazan Federal University The work was ...
Current trend reversed
Physicists at ETH Zurich demonstrate that a tiny cloud of atoms can be turned from a heat engine into a ...
New evidence for electron’s dual nature found in a quantum spin liquid
Results from a Princeton-led experiment support a controversial theory that the electron is composed of two particles.Credit: Catherine Zandonella, Princeton ...
Domino-like crystallization of glass
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Materials in a glassy state are everywhere in ...
Tufts University selected to join Association of American Universities
Credit: Tufts University Tufts University has been selected to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of America's ...
Can the diffraction limit overcome in the linear imaging system?
A chip-compatible 3D nanoscopy answersCredit: ©Science China Press Compared with the superresolution microscopy that bases on squeezing the point spread ...
Non-linear optics meets X-rays
Credit: by Carino Ferrante, Emiliano Principi, Andrea Marini, Giovanni Batignani, Giuseppe Fumero, Alessandra Virga, Laura Foglia, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Alberto Simoncig, ...
Ion-selective smart porous membranes
Credit: Yuya Ishizaki A research group has developed an ion-selective smart porous membrane that can respond to outer stimuli, potentially ...
Freeform imaging systems: Fermat’s principle unlocks ‘first time right’ design
Credit: by Fabian Duerr and Hugo Thienpont Optical imaging systems have been playing an essential role in scientific discovery and ...
CDEX listens to the sound of cosmology from a laboratory deep underground
Credit: ©Science China Press Numerous compelling evidences from astroparticle physics and cosmology indicate that the major matter component in the ...
Scientists find molecular patterns that may help identify extraterrestrial life
Upcoming Solar System exploration missions will search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, but ET life may not be like Earth life; ...
Life may have become cellular by using unusual molecules
All modern life is cellular, but how life came to be cellular remains uncertain. New research suggests chemical compounds likely ...
Previously unknown letter reveals Einstein’s thinking on bees, birds and physics
A recently discovered letter written by Albert Einstein discusses a link between physics and biology, seven decades before evidence emerges.Credit: ...
Wayne State student selected for DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
Students will perform research at national laboratoriesCredit: David Moutard DETROIT - The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has ...
Study finds six degrees celsius cooling on land during the last Ice Age
Possible implications about future global warmingCredit: Photo credit: Werner Aeschbach Woods Hole, Mass. (May 12, 2021) -- Low-to-mid latitude land ...