A method to characterize and design the optical properties of silicon nanoparticles for their use on silicon chips has been developed by A*STAR researchers in collaboration with colleagues from Russia, Israel and Australia. ...
Optics & Photonics
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Two-dimensional, controllable light-like waves on a metallic surface, created by A *STAR researchers and co-workers at Harvard University, and analogous to the wake of a boat moving through water, have potential applications ...
Nanophysics
Jan 27, 2016
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Researchers have solved an apparently overwhelming physics problem involving some truly huge numbers. In summary, the problem asks you to imagine that you have 128 tennis balls, and can arrange them in any way you like. The ...
General Physics
Jan 27, 2016
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Interventions intended to encourage green choices among individuals, including for recycling or energy use, would be better targeted at moments of major change in people's lives if they are to stick, according to a new study ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2016
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A robust palladium catalyst developed by A*STAR researchers now offers the best way to couple certain forms of carbon-based molecules. The products of these reactions have chemical structures that are found in common pharmaceuticals, ...
Materials Science
Jan 27, 2016
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In Australia, children with disabilities only receive additional government funding if they fall into arecognised disability category. As a result, schools and parents often come under pressure to obtain the "right" diagnosis ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2016
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NASA wants you to know that it's only a matter of months before you can wake up in a Martian habitat, grab some breakfast, jump into your spacesuit, and head out for a stroll across the Red Planet's surface. Granted, the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2016
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Imagine a sponge that could soak up a thousand times its own volume in water. Now imagine how effective that sponge would be if it could store hydrogen instead of water, giving researchers an alternative to compressed air ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 27, 2016
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Development of effective new treatments for cancer, dementia, Parkinson's disease and other brain conditions is becoming possible from breakthrough discoveries being made in nanotechnology.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 27, 2016
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Every shipping manager wages an endless battle against fouling – the bacteria, seaweed, barnacles and other marine life that take residence on the hull of ships. This biofouling is thought to add more than 20 per cent to ...
Engineering
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