http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. More than 120 years after the discovery of the electromagnetic character of radio waves by Heinrich Hertz, wireless data transmission dominates information technology. Higher and higher radio frequencies are applied to transmit more data within shorter periods of time. Some years ago, scientists found that light waves might also be used for radio transmis-sion. So far, however, manufacture of the small antennas has required an enormous expenditure. German scientists have now succeeded for the first time in specifically and reproducibly manufacturing smallest optical nanoantennas from gold. http://www.physorg.com/news175262415.html Nanotechnology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:10:01 EST news175262415 New research in imaging may lead to advancements for the Air Force in data encryption and wide-area photography with high resolution. http://www.physorg.com/news166809172.html Physics Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:53:37 EST news166809172 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- In the quest for quantum information processing, diamonds may be a physicist's best friend. http://www.physorg.com/news159024814.html Physics Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:09 EST news159024814 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny, ubiquitous particles in the atmosphere may play a profound role in regulating global climate. But the scientists who study these particles -- called aerosols -- have long struggled to accurately measure their composition, size, and global distribution. A new detection technique and a new satellite instrument developed by NASA scientists, the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS), should help ease the struggle. http://www.physorg.com/news156086477.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:26 EST news156086477 J.K. Rowling may not have realized just how close Harry Potter's invisibility cloak was to becoming a reality when she introduced it in the first book of her best-selling fictional series in 1998. Scientists, however, have made huge strides in the past few years in the rapidly developing field of cloaking. Ranked the number five breakthrough of the year by Science magazine in 2006, cloaking involves making an object invisible or undetectable to electromagnetic waves. http://www.physorg.com/news155477880.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:18:28 EST news155477880 People debating politics are well-advised to shed more light than heat. Engineers working in optical technologies have the same aspiration. http://www.physorg.com/news154097655.html Nanotechnology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:54:46 EST news154097655 No matter how thick an opaque "scattering material" is, physicists have shown how to weave light through tiny open channels in the material, so that the light passes through on the other side. http://www.physorg.com/news138282163.html Physics Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:42:43 EST news138282163 Engineers working in optical communications bear more than a passing resemblance to dreamers chasing rainbows. They may not wish literally to capture all the colors of the spectrum, but they do seek to control the rate at which light from across the spectrum moves through optical circuits. http://www.physorg.com/news133793027.html Physics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:43:47 EST news133793027