A three-dimensional video showing a pulse of laser light passing through a laser-scattering medium and bouncing off reflective surfaces. Credit: Caltech In his quest to…
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A research team led by the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo finds that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons can conduct heat…
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Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
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Antennas and optical lattice clocks used. Upper left: 2.4 m antenna installed at INAF, Italy. Upper middle: 2.4 m antenna installed at NICT, Japan. Upper…
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A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop…
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Three-dimensional surface of sodium ion diffusion in a hydroborate crystal. This new material forms a disordered yet highly symmetrical structure, allowing a mobility of sodium…
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A schematic showing the layered structure of a tandem solar panel. Credit: Graphic courtesy Minjing Kim Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering…
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Space technology is serving at the heart of the 2020 French Open. The showers in the tennis players’ showers at Roland Garros Stadium near Paris…
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Artist’s rendering of a phase-sensitive terahertz interferometer. Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The…
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The anti-resonant hollow core fiber features a unique arrangement of seven hollow capillaries arranged around a hollow core inside the fiber. Credit: Arjun Iyer/Renninger lab/University…
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