Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel way to noninvasively measure and map how and where trapped light vibrates within microscale optical resonators.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 22, 2015
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This month, Samsung recalled 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to excessive vibrations that could cause the top to break off—a problem that led to at least nine reported injuries. The vibrations happen when the ...
General Physics
Nov 22, 2016
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Some teabags manufactured using plastic alternatives do not degrade in soil and have the potential to harm terrestrial species, a new study has shown.
Environment
May 28, 2024
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The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) is patenting biosensor chips based on graphene, graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes that will improve the analysis of biochemical reactions and accelerate the development ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 13, 2015
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A new antifungal molecule, devised by tweaking the structure of prominent antifungal drug Amphotericin B, has the potential to harness the drug's power against fungal infections while doing away with its toxicity, researchers ...
Biochemistry
Nov 8, 2023
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It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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Spinach gave Popeye super strength, but it also holds the promise of a different power for a group of scientists: the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel.
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2014
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A first-ever interlaboratory study of four versions of a therapeutic protein drug—all manufactured from living cells—reports that an established analytical tool akin to magnetic resonance imaging reliably assessed the ...
Biotechnology
Feb 5, 2016
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The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology—optical fiber.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2021
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For the first time, a researcher at the University of Waterloo has theoretically demonstrated that it is possible to detect a single nuclear spin at room temperature, which could pave the way for new approaches to medical ...
Nanophysics
May 21, 2015
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