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Sensing with a twist: A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal...
Schematic (animated) of torsional optomechanical resonator for sensing and frequency mixing.
Credit: Jianguo Huang
The world of nanosensors may be physically small, but the demand is...
Hackers could use brainwaves to steal passwords, study finds
Portrait of young man with EEG headset on. (Stock image)
Credit: © BSANI / Fotolia
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing...
A fresh look at older data yields a surprise near the Martian equator
A new paper suggests hydrogen—possibly water ice—in the Medusa Fossae area of Mars, which is in an equatorial region of the planet to the...
Physicists offer explanation for diverse galaxy rotations
Hai-Bo Yu is an assistant professor of theoretical particle physics and astrophysics at UC Riverside.
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside
Identical twins are similar to each...
Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals
The latest false-color view of total ozone over the Antarctic pole, as of June 26, 2017. The purple and blue colors are where there...
Prairie-chicken nests appear unaffected by wind energy facility
Greater prairie-chickens' nest survival appears unaffected by proximity to a small wind energy facility in Nebraska.
Credit: L. Powell
Wind energy development in the Great Plains...
Antibody protects against Zika and dengue, mouse study shows
An antibody administered soon after infection with Zika virus protected the fetuses of pregnant mice (left), while the fetuses in infected mice that did...
Umbilical cord stem cells show promise as heart failure treatment
Illustration of the heart.
Credit: Image courtesy of American Heart Association
A heart failure treatment using umbilical cord-derived stem cells may lead to notable improvements in...
Perovskite solar cells reach record long-term stability, efficiency over 20 percent
Structure of ?-CuSCN and cross-sectional SEM micrograph of a complete solar cell.
Credit: M. Ibrahim Dar/EPFL
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can offer high light-conversion efficiency with...
Study estimates amount of water needed to carve Martian valleys
This is a depiction of Mars today and what a warm and wet ancient Mars might have looked like.
Credit: Wei Luo, Northern Illinois University
A...
Enhancing the sensing capabilities of diamonds with quantum properties
This is an image of diamonds with different properties ready to be measured.
Credit: Dima Farfurnik
Pure diamond consists of carbon atoms in a perfect crystal...
