Recent research from a team led by Dr Jonathan Cox shows how certain beetles use their antennae to locate potential mates. This is the first time scientists have studied molecule capture by the antennae of beetles.
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2015
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The use of solar energy in the U.S. is growing, but panels on rooftops are still a rare sight. They cost thousands of dollars, and homeowners don't recoup costs for years even in the sunniest or best-subsidized locales. But ...
Materials Science
Aug 18, 2015
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A fabricated metasurface that leads to improved antenna performance may well represent the first demonstrated practical application for invisibility cloaks, according to Penn State researchers.
General Physics
Jul 1, 2015
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Researchers have held tremendous interest in liquid metal electronics for many years, but a significant and unfortunate drawback slowing the advance of such devices is that they tend to require external pumps that can't be ...
General Physics
May 19, 2015
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Globular clusters—dazzling agglomerations of up to a million ancient stars—are among the oldest objects in the universe. Though plentiful in and around many galaxies, newborn examples are vanishingly rare and the conditions ...
Astronomy
May 7, 2015
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t's active. It's passive. And it's got a big, spinning lasso.
Space Exploration
Jan 5, 2015
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Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF and Philips Research have designed and fabricated a new type of nanoscale antenna. The new antennas look like pyramids, rather than the more commonly used straight pillars. The pyramid ...
Nanophysics
Dec 17, 2014
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There is an ever growing demand for high speed internet communication systems. New research has shown optical switching technology built on nanoantenna reflectarrays and tunable materials could transform high speed optical ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 2, 2014
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Much smaller artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs) that can allow for more compact antenna hardware have been created by a team of researchers in the Netherlands and Spain. They have also developed a system to evaluate AMC ...
Engineering
Sep 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A Stanford engineering team has built a radio the size of an ant, a device so energy efficient that it gathers all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna ...
Engineering
Sep 10, 2014
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