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'Dark plasmons' transmit energy

Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons," according to researchers at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually

Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Researchers efficiently couple light from a plane wave into a surface plasmon mode

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have made a grating coupler that transmits over 45 % of the incident optical energy from a plane wave into a single surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A breakthrough in superlens development: Cheap, simple lens to let us see a single virus

A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made show the same current capability as copper

The narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made – just four atoms wide and one atom tall – have been shown to have the same electrical current carrying capability of copper, according to a new ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Q&A: Paul Ehrlich fears the worst for a planet with 7 billion residents

The United Nations projects that world population will reach 7 billion this month and could top 10 billion by the end of the century.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Orbiter resumes use of camera

(PhysOrg.com) -- Operators of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are resuming use of the mission's highest resolution camera following a second precautionary shutdown in two weeks.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Georgia Tech proposes Internet consumer nutrition label

When it comes to broadband speeds, U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) largely deliver on their promises, says a report issued today by the Federal Communications Commission, but "throughput" is only one of several metrics ...

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Falls, eye test may give clues to Alzheimer's

(AP) -- Scientists in Australia are reporting encouraging early results from a simple eye test they hope will give a noninvasive way to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Invisibility carpet cloak can hide objects from visible light

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of the invisibility cloaks that have been demonstrated to date conceal objects at frequencies that are not detectable by the human eye. Designing invisibility cloaks that can conceal ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 22 | with audio podcast feature


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