Since their invention in 1962, semiconductor diode lasers have revolutionized communications and made possible information storage and retrieval in CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray devices. These diode lasers use inorganic semiconductors ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2017
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A discovery by an international team of researchers from Princeton University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Humboldt University in Berlin points the way to more widespread use of an advanced technology generally ...
Materials Science
Nov 17, 2017
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Apple's flagship iPhone X hit stores in Asia Friday, as the world's most valuable company predicted bumper sales despite the handset's eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 3, 2017
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With its new iPhone X, Apple is setting the ambitious goal for itself of reinventing the smartphone, again.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 1, 2017
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Glow-in-the-dark paints that have improved flexibility and transparency while also being cheaper and easier to manufacture are on the horizon courtesy of new research from Kyushu University. In a groundbreaking demonstration, ...
Materials Science
Oct 2, 2017
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Do you have $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Then Apple has a deal for you.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 7, 2017
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How do you feel when technology you saw in a movie is made into reality? Collaboration between the electrical engineering and the textile industries has made video screens and displays on clothing a reality.
Engineering
Aug 25, 2017
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Material scientists and physicists from Heidelberg University (Germany) and the University of St Andrews (Scotland) have demonstrated electrical generation of hybrid light-matter particles, so-called exciton-polaritons, by ...
Nanophysics
Jul 18, 2017
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Renewed investigation of a molecule that was originally synthesized with the goal of creating a unique light-absorbing pigment has led to the establishment of a novel design strategy for efficient light-emitting molecules ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2017
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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) will soon show our world in a new light: the days of small light sources are numbered; in future, entire walls, ceilings, façades and car exteriors will light up our lives. Empa is exploring ...
Materials Science
May 16, 2017
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