New health monitors are flexible, transparent and graphene enabled
Credit: ICFO New technological devices are prioritizing non-invasive tracking of vital signs not only for fitness monitoring, but also for ...
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Team discovers polymorph selection during crystal growth can be thermodynamically driven
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Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time
The material developed at University of Bath allows for incredibly sensitive detection of the direction molecules twistCredit: Ventsislav Valev and ...
Terahertz imaging technique reveals subsurface insect damage in wood
New technique could catch insect infestation in individual trees at early stagesCredit: HAWK University of Applied Science and Arts WASHINGTON ...
BU researchers say special mapping brain cells could inspire smarter self-driving vehicles
Could rat brains hold the secret to giving cars, robots better navigational skills? In a study published in Nature Communications, ...
Closing the terahertz gap: Tiny laser is an important step toward new sensors
Credit: Sterczewski et al. In a major step toward developing portable scanners that can rapidly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or ...
Developing technologies that run on light
The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral ...
Science Societies announce 2019-20 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows
The Optical Society, Materials Research Society and SPIE make final selection for prestigious appointments to learn and contribute to science ...
100 days, 100 nights: Sensor network reveals telltale patterns in neighborhood air quality
Berkeley Lab deploys custom-built sensors for 100 days and nights to track black carbon pollutionCredit: Berkeley Lab Black carbon, commonly ...
Physicists have let light through the plane of the world’s thinnest semiconductor crystal
The distribution of light polarisation in space turned out to be similar to the three-coloured rapana.Credit: © Nature Nanotechnology In ...
Airborne lidar system poised to improve accuracy of climate change models
Instrument improves measurements of atmospheric gases that shape the planet's climate WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a laser-based system that ...
NIST physicists create record-setting quantum motion
Credit: Burrus/NIST Showcasing precise control at the quantum level, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have ...
Quantum interference in service of information technology
Credit: Source: M. Czerniawski, L. Kaluza, Promotion Office UW Scientists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, in collaboration ...
A graphene superconductor that plays more than one tune
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a tiny toolkit for scientists to study exotic quantum physicsCredit: Guorui Chen et al./Berkeley ...
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