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Light transmission

Physicists Transmit Light through Opaque Materials

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (47) | comments 6

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.





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Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Physics / Condensed Matter

created 8 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals ...


Highlight: Solar - Bridging the gap

Physics / General Physics

created 10 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium dioxide, the same inexpensive white pigment that protects us from sunburns, can be converted into a material that absorbs sunlight and could greatly increase the efficiency of solar energy cells.


Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.


Japanese researchers say they have found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide

Extra pores on plants could ease global warming: Japan study

Biology / Biotechnology

created 11 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.


Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish

Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.


Spinons -- confined like quarks

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (Germany) ...


Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes are exciting for fundamental physics, and for potential technological applications," Nadya Mason tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we are generally limited in the way that we can study them. ...


NSLS-II Project Beamline Conceptual Designs

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The NSLS-II Experimental Facilities Division achieved an important milestone in September when the conceptual design reports for the initial six project beamlines were completed and submitted to NSLS-II management.


An exquisite container

Smart drug delivery system -- Gold nanocage covered with polymer (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In campy old movies, Lucretia Borgia swans around emptying powder from her ring into wine glasses carelessly left unattended. The poison ring is usually a confection of gold filigree holding a cabochon or ...


Physicists discover novel electronic properties in two-dimensional carbon structure

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Rutgers researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices.



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