National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have demonstrated a new way of controlling Rashba interactions in oxide systems. Tuning and controlling Rashba interactions is a particularly promising technology, as it can ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 30, 2023
0
266
A recent study led by University of Vienna psychologists has shed light on the impact of viewers' movements and positioning when looking at art. By tracking participants' movements, the researchers found that these movements ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2023
0
34
Colorful particles of plastic drift along under the surface of most waterways, from headwater streams to the Arctic Ocean. These barely visible microplastics—less than 5 mm wide—are potentially harmful to aquatic animals ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2023
0
40
A Los Alamos National Laboratory team has overcome key challenges toward technologically viable high-intensity light emitters based on colloidal quantum dot technology, resulting in dual-function devices that operate as both ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2023
0
395
When it comes to raising children in the digital age, one of the worst things a parent can do is give their kid a smartphone and hope for the best. Turns out, same goes for the grownups.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2023
0
1
In the past decade, optical sensing tasks have become more demanding. As a result, it has become critical to build miniaturized, inexpensive sensors that can be integrated on-chip to enable mobile applications in smart phones, ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2023
0
47
Electronics play a pivotal role in today's information society. Yet only the electron charge in electronic devices is at play, making energy dissipation an increasingly pressing issue that thwarts further development. Spintronics, ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 22, 2023
0
57
The virus responsible for E. coli infection has a secret weapon: teamwork.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2023
0
72
In a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 20, 2023
0
61
The development of new information and communication technologies poses new challenges to scientists and industry. Designing new quantum materials—whose exceptional properties stem from quantum physics—is the most promising ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 20, 2023
0
286
