News tagged with stimulated emission

Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique allows ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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Researchers find new properties of the carbon material graphene

Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since the extremely strong and thin carbon material was discovered in 2004. Just one atom thick, the honeycomb-shaped material has several remarkable ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to dramatically increase sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector

Although it's invisible, dark matter accounts for at least 80 percent of the matter in the universe. No one knows what it is, but most scientists would bet on weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Availability of hydrogen controls chemical structure of graphene oxide

A new study shows that the availability of hydrogen plays a significant role in determining the chemical and structural makeup of graphene oxide, a material that has potential uses in nano-electronics, nano-electromechanical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How to avoid a global food crisis

The world faces a major challenge in the coming decades as global food demand is poised for unprecedented growth.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sandia paper on flat-panel displays is one of Applied Physics Letters' 50 greatest hits

A paper by Sandia National Laboratories researchers with implications for early flat panel televisions is one of the 50 most cited papers from the prestigious journal Applied Physics Letters in the last 50 years, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Graphene found to emit infrared light

(Phys.org) -- Ever since its discovery in 2004, graphene, the honey-comb arranged sheet of one atom thick carbon atoms, has continued to make waves in both the physics and engineering worlds. Now comes news ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Smalleye pigmy sharks' bellies shine

Smalleye pigmy sharks have an eye-catching party trick: Their bellies glow. However, instead of being a giveaway, Julien Claes and Jérôme Mallefet from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have shown ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2

Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Quantum internet: Physicists build first elementary quantum network

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics realizes a first elementary quantum network based on interfaces between single atoms and photons.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night emission was first detected ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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