Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3-D imaging technologies are providing the crucial context of depth for scientific and medical applications. 4-D imaging, which adds information ...
Nanophysics
Nov 20, 2019
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EU-funded researchers and partners are pushing the boundaries of the laws of physics, developing nanocomposite materials and nanoelectronic circuits to greatly improve energy, thermal and computing performance. This could ...
Nanophysics
Nov 14, 2019
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A new technique to change the structure of liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next generation displays—3-D, augmented and virtual reality—and advanced photonic ...
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2019
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McGill University researchers have gained tantalizing new insights into the properties of perovskites, one of the world's most promising materials in the quest to produce a more efficient, robust and cheaper solar cell.
Materials Science
Oct 31, 2019
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Take a dive into what may be the world's smallest coral reef. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder are using a type of material called liquid crystals to create incredibly small, swirling schools of "fish," according ...
Materials Science
Oct 21, 2019
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Liquid and solid—most people are unaware that there can be states in between. Liquid crystals are representative of one such state. While the molecules in liquids swim around at random, neighboring molecules in liquid crystals ...
Materials Science
Oct 1, 2019
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Liquid crystals differ from isotropic fluids (fluids with similar properties in different directions) to exhibit highly anisotropic (varying properties in different directions) interactions with surfaces. In a new report ...
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit badges for knot-tying.
General Physics
Sep 26, 2019
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Liquid crystals are widely used in technologies such as displays, which manipulate their orientation to display colors across the spectrum.
Condensed Matter
Aug 27, 2019
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McMaster researchers have developed a novel new gel made entirely from bacteria-killing viruses.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 25, 2019
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