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Carbon nanotubes couple light and matter
The formation of exciton-polaritons through strong light-matter coupling is a promising strategy for producing electrically pumped carbon-based lasers. Scientists from Heidelberg University and the...
New study shows LED lights attract fewer insects than other lights
Credit: University of Bristol
New research by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed that domestic LED lights are much less attractive to nuisance...
New search tool for inactive patents
Credit: Michigan Technological University
A new patent search tool developed by engineers at Michigan Technological University makes it easier to discover and track inactive patents.
Many...
Wearable terahertz scanning device for inspection of medical equipment and the human body
Terahertz imaging of a human hand using arrays of carbon nanotubes: (left) human hand inserted into the imaging device, and (right) resulting scan of...
Turning greenhouse gas into gasoline
A silver-based catalyst material with a porous honeycomb-like structure, developed by the MIT team, can selectively transform carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO).Image:...
Enabling wireless virtual reality
A new cordless virtual reality device consists of two directional "phased-array" antennas, each less than half the size of a credit card. Future versions...
New technique introducing foreign atoms in optical trapping allows greater manipulation of nanoparticles
Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a new technique exploiting the presence of foreign atoms within a diamond crystal, using light to affect the motion...
Safest locations for wastewater injection
New stress maps of Texas and Oklahoma, with black lines indicating stress orientation. Blue-green colors indicate regions of extension in the crust, while yellow-orange...
Consumers are more accepting of native advertisements, research finds
The line between online content written by journalists and story-like ads that are paid for by specific corporations can be blurry, but, according to...
Geologists discover how a tectonic plate sank
Saint Louis University researchers report new information about conditions that can cause the Earth's tectonic plates to sink into the Earth.
In a paper published...
NASA finds unusual origins of high-energy electrons
This image represents one of the traditional proposed mechanisms for accelerating particles across a shock, called a shock drift acceleration. The electrons (yellow) and...
