The element erbium could pave the way to a quantum internet
If you were to try reciting the periodic table, you might stumble before you got to the rare earth elements.
Quantum Physics
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'Twisted' light could illuminate new path for wireless communications
Scientists have taken an important step towards using 'twisted' light as a form of wireless, high-capacity data transmission which could make fibre-optics obsolete.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 26, 2017
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And suddenly, the dam broke, letting the grains of light gush forth…
Physicists from the University of Lille, in collaboration with the University of Ferrara in Italy, have introduced a river into an optical laboratory… They have just observed the rupture of a photon barrier in an optical ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 26, 2017
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Rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C is cast for testing
The first full-scale model of the rocket motor that will propel Ariane 6 and Vega-C into orbit has been cast and filled with inert propellant for testing at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2017
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Technology increases the sensitivity of infrastructural sensors by more than 50 times
Technology from the Public University of Navarre monitors the structural health of infrastructure (bridges, viaducts, oil pipelines, gas pipelines, etc.) and can be used in intensity-based optical sensors that modify the ...
Engineering
Oct 2, 2017
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New infrared imaging technique reveals molecular orientation of proteins in silk fibres
A large international collaboration has used a specialised technique on the infrared microspectroscopy (IRM) beamline at the Australian Synchrotron to determine the structure of proteins in individual silk fibres that has ...
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2017
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Pulling, not pushing, silk could revolutionize how greener materials are manufactured
New insights into how animals spin silk could lead to new, greener ways of producing synthetic fibres, according to academics at the University of Sheffield.
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2017
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'Something wicked (smelling)' this way comes—the science of fabrics and odors
Researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago have used advanced technology to find out why three common fibre types differ in how they take in and release body odor.
Materials Science
Sep 5, 2017
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Nanomaterials help spiders spin the toughest stuff
Spiders' silk is already tough stuff—just ask your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.
Nanomaterials
Aug 14, 2017
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Making clothes from milk
In the EU, residents waste an estimated 88 million tonnes of food every year, according to the latest estimates. That is roughly 170 kilogrammes per person. But what if scientists could turn some of that waste into useful ...
Health
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