"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise.
Quantum Physics
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As electronic devices become progressively smaller, the technology that powers them needs to get smaller and thinner.
Nanophysics
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The counterintuitive question on how to wrap a curved spherical surface using conventionally stiff and non-stretchable or brittle materials, forms the basis of this study. To answer the question, Yu-Ki Lee and a research ...
For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth's moon formed. But researchers at Yale and in Japan say they may have the answer.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2019
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Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have created the largest simulation to date of an entire gene of DNA, a feat that required one billion atoms to model and will help researchers to better understand and develop ...
Biochemistry
Apr 23, 2019
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Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have built a new photonic switch that can control the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently than ever. This optical "traffic cop" ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 12, 2019
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The field of metamaterials involves designing complicated, composite structures, some of which can manipulate electromagnetic waves in ways that are impossible in naturally occurring materials.
General Physics
Mar 21, 2019
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Planetary systems can be harsh environments in their early history. The young worlds orbit suns in stellar nurseries, clusters of stars where violent encounters are commonplace. None of this makes it easy for life to get ...
Astronomy
Mar 6, 2019
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Yale's latest work expanding the reach of quantum information science is actually a game of quantum pitch and catch.
Quantum Physics
Apr 23, 2018
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Ordinarily, light particles—photons—don't interact. If two photons collide in a vacuum, they simply pass through each other.
Quantum Physics
Jun 19, 2017
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