Physicists propose perfect material for lasers
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Weyl semimetals are a recently discovered class of materials, in which charge carriers behave the ...
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Novel molecular multi-step photoswitches caught in the act
Infrared movies with quantum chemical subtitles unveil operating mechanismCredit: Dusan Kolarski/Michael Lerch Scientists from the University of Groningen, the University ...
New all-fiber device simplifies free-space based quantum key distribution
Robust encoder switches polarization 1 billion times a second; could facilitate global quantum encryption network WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed ...
Review on the synthesis and anti-oxidation of copper nanowires for transparent conductive electrodes
Credit: Jia Feng Chao et al. In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team ...
New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation
Credit: F. Carbone/EPFL Photography measures how much light of different color hits the photographic film. However, light is also a ...
Bottom-up approach can synthesize microscopic diamonds for bioimaging, quantum computing
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Scientists are excited about diamonds -- not the types that adorn jewelry, but the microscopic ...
Quantum sensor for photons
Sensor measures light particles non-destructivelyCredit: Klemens Schüppert Physicist Tracy Northup is currently researching the development of quantum internet at the ...
Andrea Alù receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The Defense Department's most prestigious single-investigator award will provide $3 million to support Alù's effort to engineer highly innovative materials ...
Sculpting super-fast light pulses
NIST nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applicationsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in ...
Laser-driven spin dynamics in ferrimagnets: How does the angular momentum flow?
Credit: Photograph by Erik Gustafson, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Margrethe Bohr Collection. When exposed to intense laser ...
A new vision for neuroscience
How live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Red and blue lights flash. A machine ...
New 3D printed microscope promising for medical diagnostics in developing countries
Inexpensive, robust and portable microscope provides high-resolution 3D images of cells WASHINGTON -- Researchers have used 3D printing to make ...
The search for nothing at all
What a never-before-seen radioactive decay could tell us about neutrinosCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Bill Fairbank is looking for...nothing. The ...
New technique could pave the way for simple color tuning of LED bulbs
International collaboration demonstrates the possibility of tuning the color of a GaN LED by changing the time sequence at which ...
NASA announces funding for RIT professor to develop novel diffractive solar sails
Grover Swartzlander earns Phase II award from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program Scientists have been floating designs for solar sails ...
Royal Academy of Engineering technology chair for Strathclyde professor
Credit: University of Strathclyde A Physics Professor at the University of Strathclyde has been awarded a prestigious Chair in Emerging ...
The first laser radio transmitter
Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-FiCredit: Image courtesy of Marco Piccardo/Harvard SEAS You've ...
Cui, Hensleigh, Chen and Zheng awarded the JMR Paper of the Year
The Journal of Materials Research Paper of the Year Award recognizes excellence in advancing materials knowledge through written scholarship. The ...
Photoacoustic endoscopy could improve Crohn’s disease treatment
Better view of intestinal changes could lead to targeted treatments and fewer adverse effects WASHINGTON -- A newly developed endoscope ...
Scientists develop low-cost energy-efficient materials
Credit: © NUST MISIS An international team of scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS), ...