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Optics & Photonics Aug 12, 2013

Researchers optically levitate a glowing, nanoscale diamond (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Rochester have measured for the first time light emitted by photoluminescence from a nanodiamond levitating in free space. In a paper published this week in Optics Letters, they ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 31, 2013

Using gold and light to study molecules in water

Thanks to a new device that is the size of a human hair, it is now possible to detect molecules in a liquid solution and observe their interactions. This is of major interest for the scientific community, as there is currently ...

Energy & Green Tech Jul 19, 2013

More sustainable gas turbines thanks to ut research

The new generation of gas turbines is more reliable, produces less harmful emissions and generates less vibrations and pressure fluctuations. Thanks to the European Limousine Project, in which six different universities (18 ...

Engineering Jul 9, 2013

Materials scientists devise window that mutes sound but allows air to pass through

(Phys.org) —A team of materials scientists in South Korea has created a type of window that mutes noise while simultaneously allowing air to move through. In their paper they've uploaded to the preprint server arXiv, the ...

Optics & Photonics May 15, 2013

Innovation in spectroscopy could improve greenhouse gas detection

(Phys.org) —Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique developed by a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists ...

Nanophysics Apr 25, 2013

New imaging technology could reveal cellular secrets

(Phys.org) —Researchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad.

Quantum Physics Apr 17, 2013

A silicon platform for quantum computers

A team of Australian engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has demonstrated a quantum bit based on the nucleus of a single atom in silicon, promising dramatic improvements for data processing in ultra-powerful ...

General Physics Mar 11, 2013

Research group claims first detection of water dimmers in atmospheric conditions

(Phys.org) —A team of physicists from Russia's Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, has built an exceptionally sensitive spectrometer that they claim, is the first to measure water dimmers in atmospheric ...

Space Exploration Mar 11, 2013

Solar wind energy source discovered

Using data from an aging NASA spacecraft, researchers have found signs of an energy source in the solar wind that has caught the attention of fusion researchers. NASA will be able to test the theory later this decade when ...

Engineering Dec 11, 2012

A new tool to enhance tasks of humanitarian demining

Researchers at the Centre for Automation and Robotics, a joint centre of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the Spanish National Research Council (UPM-CSIC), have developed a training tool to improve the use of hand-held ...

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