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Fabricating 3D Photonic Crystals

(PhysOrg.com) -- “In photonic crystals, the ability to control the structure of a material in full three dimensional space, allows you to control the way that light flows through it,” John Rogers tells PhysOrg.com. “This ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1 feature




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Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations

Scientists have found that only about ten percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in California's Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon. A massive influx of hatchery-raised fish that return to spawn in ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UV lithography: Taking extreme measures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometime soon, microchip fabricators will take the next major step in the relentless reduction of feature size, from the current minimum of 22 nm down to 10 nm and perhaps even smaller. Getting ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

German police battle with 1000s blocking nuke train

German police battled thousands of anti-nuclear protestors Sunday, many chained to railroad tracks, who have caused delays as they try to block a train carrying radioactive waste.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 62

Researchers identify brain cells responsible for keeping us awake

Bright light arouses us. Bright light makes it easier to stay awake. Very bright light not only arouses us but is known to have antidepressant effects. Conversely, dark rooms can make us sleepy. It's the reason some people ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses

A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover two early stages of carbon nanotube growth

Boston College researchers have discovered two early-stage phases of carbon nanotube growth during plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, finding a disorderly tangle of tube growth that ultimately yields to orderly rows ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New etch process developed at the CNST uses argon pulsing to improve silicon etch rate and selectivity

Engineers in the CNST NanoFab have developed a new plasma etching technique for silicon which improves the etch rate, the mask selectivity, and the sidewall profile by optimizing the addition of argon to the process flow.  ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods

The planet's deep oceans at times may absorb enough heat to flatten the rate of global warming for periods of as long as a decade even in the midst of longer-term warming, according to a new analysis led by the National Center ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Aerosols affect climate more than satellite estimates predict

Aerosol particles, including soot and sulfur dioxide from burning fossil fuels, essentially mask the effects of greenhouse gases and are at the heart of the biggest uncertainty in climate change prediction. New research from ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial of molecular therapy for muscular dystrophy yields significant positive results

A molecular technique originally developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has taken one step closer to becoming a treatment for the devastating genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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