At a microscopic level, every material contains spontaneous sound waves—acoustic phonons—that have properties dependent on the material's mechanical properties. When light interacts with these acoustic phonons, it scatters ...
General Physics
May 17, 2016
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Scientists from all over the world are working on concepts for future quantum computers and their experimental realization. Commonly, a typical quantum computer is considered to be based on a network of quantum particles ...
Quantum Physics
May 3, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from multiple institutions in China has cast doubts on the simple approach that has until now been taken regarding twinning and slip as metals deform. In their paper published in the journal ...
An international group of researchers has synthesized an extremely rare mineral and used it as a catalyst precursor to improve two reactions that are of great importance to the chemical industry.
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2016
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Artificially engineered materials called metamaterials can be used to manipulate light for a range of applications, but often require complicated three-dimensional structures with features as small as a few tens of nanometers. ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 20, 2016
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It was the year smartphones saved Santa.
Business
Jan 8, 2016
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Tick tock. Tick tock. A team of scientists from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor have discovered a molecular switch that regulates the body's circadian clock ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 1, 2015
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Prior to the mid-18th century, it was tough to be a sailor. If your voyage required east-west travel, you couldn't set out to a specific destination and have any real hope of finding it efficiently.
General Physics
Jun 25, 2015
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Dispersal and adaptation are two fundamental evolutionary strategies available to species given an environment. Generalists, like dandelions, send their offspring far and wide. Specialists, like alpine flowers, adapt to the ...
Evolution
Apr 28, 2015
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Astronomers long have sought to find planets that can sustain life as humans know it. Four years ago, they thought they had one, possibly even two, pointing to signs that suggested that at least one rocky planet located in ...
Astronomy
Mar 9, 2015
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