Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal vessels for energy transfer in organic semiconductors. They are compatible ...
Optics & Photonics
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For "Star Wars" fans, the streaking stars seen from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to hyperspace is a canonical image. But what would a pilot actually see if she could accelerate in an instant through the ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 26, 2022
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Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape. New research is examining the radiation and winds emanating from black hole activity and shows how they may exert effects on nearby planets.
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2022
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As unlikely as it sounds, a simple tooth could play a significant role in the world's clean energy future.
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2022
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Recent technological advances have enabled the development of increasingly advanced telescope and astrophysical instruments. This includes the IceCube telescope, which was originally built to detect and examine high-energy ...
In the center of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole. Some of these are actively feeding on the gas and dust around them, expelling excess energy as powerful jets that are seen as quasars across the entire observable ...
Astronomy
Feb 1, 2022
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Han and Leia. George and Amal. Kermit and Miss Piggy. Gomez and Morticia. History's greatest couples rely on communication to make them so strong their power cannot be denied.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 22, 2021
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Scientists have developed a groundbreaking theory for calculating what's happening inside a proton traveling at the speed of light.
General Physics
Oct 6, 2021
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When astronomers peer deep into the night sky, they observe what the universe looked like a long time ago. Because the speed of light is finite, studying the most distant observable galaxies allows us to glimpse billions ...
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2021
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Analog photonic solutions offer unique opportunities to address complex computational tasks with unprecedented performance in terms of energy dissipation and speeds, overcoming current limitations of modern computing architectures ...
General Physics
Aug 27, 2021
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