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Optics & Photonics Aug 6, 2024

Vertically stacked skin-like active-matrix display with ultrahigh aperture ratio

Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such displays are fabricated on glass or thick plastic substrates, limiting the inherent ...

Quantum Physics Aug 1, 2024

Stacked up against the rest: 2D nano-semiconductors advancing quantum technology

Quantum technology is quantifiable in qubits, which are the most basic unit of data in quantum computers. The operation of qubits is affected by the quantum coherence time required to maintain a quantum wave state.

Environment Jul 31, 2024

Mediterranean heat wave 'virtually impossible' without climate change: Scientists

The punishing heat experienced around the Mediterranean in July would have been "virtually impossible" in a world without global warming, a group of climate scientists said Wednesday.

Materials Science Jul 30, 2024

Newly created super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods

Thanks to an accidental discovery, researchers at the University of British Columbia have created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light, opening potential applications in fine jewelry, solar cells and precision ...

Nanophysics Jul 30, 2024

New, more sustainable method for manufacturing microchips and other nanoscale devices

Putting 50 billion transistors into a microchip the size of a fingernail is a feat that requires manufacturing methods of nanometer level precision—layering of thin films, then etching, depositing, or using photolithography ...

Nanomaterials Jul 24, 2024

A laser-based method for measuring particle size distribution during the grinding process

How pharmaceuticals act, how efficient catalysts are and how effective and accurate printing inks function all depend on the size of the nanoparticles they contain. However, there are as of yet no methods for monitoring the ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 19, 2024

New tractor beam technology could one day minimize biopsy trauma

Researchers at TMOS, the ARC Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have taken an important first step in the development of metasurface-enabled tractor beams—rays of light that can pull particles toward ...

Nanomaterials Jul 8, 2024

Flexible nanoimprint lithography enables efficient fabrication of biomimetic microstructures

Gallium nitride (GaN)-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have transformed the lighting industry by replacing conventional lighting technologies with superior energy efficiency, longer operating life and greater environmental ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 26, 2024

Engineers produce the world's first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip

As lasers go, those made of Titanium-sapphire (Ti:sapphire) are considered to have "unmatched" performance. They are indispensable in many fields, including cutting-edge quantum optics, spectroscopy, and neuroscience. But ...

Archaeology Jun 21, 2024

Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men who etched these arborglyphs ...

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