Location: Nepoli, France
Watching a metal transform into a superconductor, it may not be obvious that
this transition provides access to some of the same physics that governed the
cooling of the universe following the Big Bang. Yet at the root of both of these...
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Location: California, United States
Abstract:
The ability to pattern nanostructures has important
applications in medical diagnosis,(1,
2) sensing,
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Location: Berkeley, United States
Much of our knowledge about molecular structure and reactivity is based on
interpreting how molecules interact with light. In particular, time-resolved
pump-probe studies where a first “pump” laser pulse initiates a dynamical
event,...
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Location: Tsukuba, Japan
Background and history of research:
As electronic commerce increases in popularity and information security
management at work and at home becomes more critical, there is a growing need to
improve encryption technology for open...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging
enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a
hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an
electronic device....
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look
in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him.
In work that could turn such science fiction into reality, MIT researchers have...
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Location: Seattle, United States
A single hour of sunlight contains enough energy to meet global energy consumption for an entire year. With demand for energy on the rise and environmental pollution an increasing concern, scientists are exploring new ways to harness the sun's...
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Location: Dresden, Germany
Flat screen television sets. German scientists said Wednesday they had tweaked organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- the materials used in
flat-screen TVs, laptop computer screens and mobile phone displays -- to become
flexible,...
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Location: California, United States
Sunlight is a major source of energy, from photovoltaics and solar-thermal
units to biofuels and water-splitting. But all these technologies require
intermediate steps and infrastructure to turn the sun's rays into something that
can be...
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Location: Boston, United States
Abstract:
An engineered metamaterial proved it can function as a state-of-the-art device
in the complex terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, setting a
standard of performance for modulating tiny waves of radiation,...
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Location: Michigan, United States
In recent years, physicists have devised numerous ways to use the oddities of quantum mechanics to transmit and process information.
Now a team of researchers has announced an important step toward using this quantum information:...
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Location: Harvard, United States
From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered...
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Location: Paris, France
Located in the range of infrared remote, between the mid-infrared and microwave, the waves so-called "terahertz" have the properties of both pass through the skin and clothing as paper, wood, cardboard or plastic. All of which mean that many...
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Location: NIST, United States
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in regions of a semiconductor device as small as 10 nanometers across. Their recent...
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Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created nanoscale particles that can self-assemble into various optical devices. By controlling how densely the tiny silver particles assemble themselves, the researchers can make several...
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Location: Paris, France
A team of French researchers has just completed an experiment featuring the famous Schrödinger cat, not with the material, but with light. In agreement with the theory of decoherence, they were able to visualize the different stages of a quantum...
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Location: NY, United States
Lenses made of liquid have interested researchers and engineers for decades because of the technology's ability to quickly change shape and focal length. But traditional approaches, which use an electric current to change the surface shape of a...
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Location: Paris, France
Understanding the interaction between light and matter, and use this interaction for quantum applications, is the objective of researchers Kastler Brossel Laboratory (LKB, CNRS / Universite Paris 6/EN), which just taken another step more in this...
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Location: University of Florida, United States
Cymbals don’t clash of their own accord – in our world,
anyway. But the quantum world is bizarrely different. Two metal plates, placed
almost infinitesimally close together, spontaneously attract each other.
What...
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Location: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rutgers University, United States
A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward
helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the
universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted since the “big
bang,” and...
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