Better microring sensors for optical applications
Tweaking the design of microring sensors enhances their sensitivity without adding more implementation complexity.
Tweaking the design of microring sensors enhances their sensitivity without adding more implementation complexity.
Optics & Photonics
May 10, 2019
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An international team of researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system that may allow color vision in deep, dark waters where animals were presumed to be colorblind. The research appears on the cover of the May ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2019
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Members of the same bird species can have dramatically different responses to deforestation depending on where they live, finds a new study.
Ecology
May 9, 2019
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Delivering modern electricity is a numbers game. From power plant output to consumer usage patterns, grid operators juggle a complex set of variables to keep the lights on. Cloud-based tools can help manage all of these data, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2019
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Environment
Apr 15, 2019
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Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential restitution in a legal settlement valued at $117.5 million.
Business
Apr 10, 2019
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Scientists at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have developed an ultra-sensitive heat sensor that is flexible, transparent and printable. The results have potential for a wide range of applications – from wound healing ...
Polymers
Apr 1, 2019
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On the morning of Aug. 17, 2017, after traveling for more than a hundred million years, the aftershocks from a massive collision in a galaxy far, far away finally reached Earth.
Astronomy
Mar 29, 2019
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Microsoft says it has seized 99 websites used by Iranian hackers to launch cyberattacks.
Security
Mar 27, 2019
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The European Commission ignored U.S. calls to ban Chinese tech supplier Huawei as it announced Tuesday a series of cybersecurity recommendations for next-generation mobile networks.
Business
Mar 26, 2019
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