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Optics & Photonics Jan 17, 2024

Large, all-glass metalens images sun, moon and nebulae

Metalenses have been used to image microscopic features of tissue and resolve details smaller than a wavelength of light. Now they are going bigger.

Molecular & Computational biology Jan 17, 2024

Chromatin modifier-centered pathway points to higher crop yield

A team led by Prof. Song Xianjun from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, while researching a ternary protein complex in rice nuclei that affects grain size, has shown that the transcription factor ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 16, 2024

Team develops a real-time photonic processor with picosecond latency for dynamic RF interference

Radar altimeters are the sole indicators of altitude above a terrain. Spectrally adjacent 5G cellular bands pose significant risks of jamming altimeters and impacting flight landing and takeoff. As wireless technology expands ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 15, 2024

Developing a flat soliton microcomb source

Optical chip-related technology is the inevitable path to retain the validity of Moore's Law, which has become the consensus of academia and industry; it can effectively solve the speed and power consumption problems of electronic ...

Quantum Physics Jan 15, 2024

Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess

New findings debunk previous wisdom that solid-state qubits need to be super dilute in an ultra-clean material to achieve long lifetimes. Instead, cram lots of rare-earth ions into a crystal, and some will form pairs that ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 11, 2024

Using 'Kerr solitons' to boost the power of transmission electron microscopes

When light goes through a material, it often behaves in unpredictable ways. This phenomenon is the subject of an entire field of study called "nonlinear optics," which is now integral to technological and scientific advances ...

General Physics Jan 11, 2024

Image: Micro-world within an atomic clock

What looks like an aerial shot of an alien landscape is actually a scanning electron microscope view of a test glass surface, acquired as part of a project to improve the lifetime of spaceborne atomic clocks, found at the ...

Biotechnology Jan 11, 2024

Customizable polymer molds for microneedle tattoos to ID pets instead of tags or collars

If you've ever taken a car trip through a rural area, you might already know that livestock, including cows and sheep, can be individually tracked using decidedly old-fashioned methods, such as ear tags or even branding marks. ...

Plants & Animals Jan 10, 2024

Ensuring nutritious and high-quality potatoes are available during the winter season and all year round

Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) use innovative technology to study the lifecycle of potatoes (including development, production, and postharvest storage), ensuring a high-quality supply year-round ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 10, 2024

Researchers look at thermal stabilization in photonic packages

Photonics offers various advantages, including enablement of high-speed and low-loss communication by leveraging light properties in optical data communication, biomedical applications, automotive technology, and artificial ...

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