Light waves trapped on a metal's surface, called surface plasmons, travel farther than expected, up to 250 microns from the source. While this distance is just one-hundredth of an inch, it is far enough to possibly be useful ...
Nanophysics
Aug 11, 2015
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Ultrashort light pulses make it possible to observe chemical reactions, opening up the field of femtochemistry. Other current and/or future applications include high capacity telecommunications systems, photonic switching ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 3, 2015
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Researchers of DESY, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland and the Diamond Light Source in Great Britain have developed a new type of sample holder for so-called serial protein crystallography. The holder consists ...
General Physics
Jun 3, 2015
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Consumers are now in the era of "on-demand" entertainment, in which they have access to the books, music and movies they want thanks to the internet. Likewise, scientists who use synchrotron light sources are welcoming an ...
General Physics
May 26, 2015
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In a study that could open doors for new applications of photonics from molecular sensing to wireless communications, Rice University scientists have discovered a new method to tune the light-induced vibrations of nanoparticles ...
Nanophysics
May 7, 2015
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With the aid of extremely short and highly intense pulses of laser light, scientists have made great strides in their efforts to observe and control particle motions outside the confines of atomic nuclei. Indeed, the future ...
Optics & Photonics
May 5, 2015
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A process that is too fast to be measured and analyzed. Yet a group of international scientists did not lose heart and conceived a sort of highly sophisticated moviola film-editing system, which allowed them to observe - ...
Superconductivity
Mar 9, 2015
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Spanish scientists from the U. of Granada and the Azti-Tecnalia technology centre have designed a type of lactose protein which is easier to digest by humans, and which could lower the allergenicity of milk. They have done ...
Biochemistry
Feb 3, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Future fitness trackers could soon add blood-oxygen levels to the list of vital signs measured with new technology developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Engineering
Dec 10, 2014
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NIST scientists have devised an experimental photon-detection system for communications with error rates far below even the most ideal conventional designs.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 3, 2014
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