Sep. 8, 2016 Electromagnetic radiation is everywhere -- that's been the case since the beginning of the universe. But the proliferation of electronics in recent decades has contributed both to the volume of ...
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Sep. 6, 2016 Scientists have demonstrated a method for making 3-D images of structures in biological material under natural conditions at a much higher resolution than other existing methods. The method may help ...
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Sep. 2, 2016 Using a novel spectroscopic technique, scientists have made a much-needed breakthrough in cutting-edge ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 Scientists invent a multi-view microscope that doubles the resolution of images without exposing them to an increased amount of light or prolonging the imaging ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 A research team has developed a printing technique for forming electronic circuits and thin-film transistors (TFTs) with line width and line spacing both being 1 ?m. Using this technique, the ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Almost as elusive as unicorns, finding practical materials for invisibility cloaking is challenging. Researchers have new ideas how to solve that. They're using crystal "atoms" made of ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form an important class of molecules, which can be regarded as small graphene species and which play a prominent role in the development of organic electronics. ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Replacing traditional light bulbs with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could take a significant bite out of global energy consumption. But making white LEDs isn't completely benign or budget ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Physicists have successfully demonstrated charge transport between Nitrogen-Vacancy color centers in ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Engineers have discovered a new phase-transition optical material -- samarium nickelate -- and demonstrated novel devices that dynamically control light over a much broader wavelength range and with ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Researchers have demonstrated that Meissner's corpuscle mechanoreceptors can be observed in living tissue using two-photon ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Microwaves created at near absolute zero temperature provide uniquely correlated and controllable ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 A team of researchers has developed a new solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material to harvest a broader range of the sun's energy and that costs less than its ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Imagine getting a medical X-ray that comes out blank – as if your bones had vanished. That’s what happened when scientists cranked up the intensity of the world’s first X-ray laser to get a ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 An international team of researchers has discovered that in a very high magnetic field an electron with no mass can acquire a mass. Understanding why elementary particles have a mass is a fundamental ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 New research suggests that the relatively large crystals used to change several properties of light in lasers -- changes that are crucial for making lasers into practical tools -- might be created by ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 Electronic components have become faster and faster over the years, thus making powerful computers and other technologies possible. Researchers have now investigated how fast electrons can ultimately ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 In-depth review charts the scientific understanding of rainbows and highlights the many practical applications of this fascinating interaction between light, liquid and ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 A new device could greatly improve ear infection diagnoses and drastically reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, a major cause of antibiotic ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 The transparency of glass to visible light makes it the most common way to let light into a building. But because glass is also transparent to near-infrared radiation -- windows also let in heat, ...
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