Moving magnetic fields disrupt ice nucleation
Great science stems from curiosity and hard work. In this case, it all began with a broken freezer.
Condensed Matter
May 9, 2018
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California Institute of Technology
Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants
Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective and longer-lasting. A paper about the research was published ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 30, 2018
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Scientists breed bacteria that make tiny high-energy carbon rings
Caltech scientists have created a strain of bacteria that can make small but energy-packed carbon rings that are useful starting materials for creating other chemicals and materials. These rings, which are otherwise particularly ...
Materials Science
Apr 6, 2018
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Massive astrophysical objects governed by subatomic equation
Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics governing the sometimes-strange behavior of the tiny particles that make up our universe. Equations describing the quantum world are generally confined to the subatomic realm—the ...
Astronomy
Mar 5, 2018
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Intercellular communication system is found to encode and transmit more messages than previously thought
Multicellular organisms like ourselves depend on a constant flow of information between cells, coordinating their activities in order to proliferate and differentiate. Deciphering the language of intercellular communication ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2018
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New process allows 3-D printing of nanoscale metal structures
For the first time, it is possible to create complex nanoscale metal structures using 3-D printing, thanks to a new technique developed at Caltech.
Nanomaterials
Feb 12, 2018
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Scientists design bacteria to reflect 'sonar' signals for ultrasound imaging
In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a scientist's body to repair a blood clot in his brain. While the movie may be still be fiction, researchers at Caltech are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 3, 2018
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Scientists discover unexpected side effect to cleaning up urban air
An imbalance between the trends in two common air pollutants is unexpectedly triggering the creation of a class of airborne organic compounds not usually found in the atmosphere over urban areas of North America, according ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2017
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Two holograms in one surface
A team at Caltech has figured out a way to encode more than one holographic image in a single surface without any loss of resolution. The engineering feat overturns a long-held assumption that a single surface could only ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2017
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Numerical simulations reveal 'rivers of charge' in materials that become superconducting at high temperatures
Imagine phones and laptops that never heat up or power grids that never lose energy. This is the dream of scientists working with so-called high-temperature superconductors, which can effortlessly carry electrical currents ...
Superconductivity
Dec 11, 2017
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