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Flexible Nanoantenna Capture Abundant Solar Energy
Friday, October 10th, 2008 - Roni Barr
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory have recently devised an inexpensive way to produce...

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2008 Ozone Hole Larger than Last Year

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 - 12:36:05 - Anuradha Menon

The 2008 ozone hole – a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica – is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006...

Trading Conservation for Toxic Air Emissions

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 - 12:09:43 - Anuradha Menon

A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more...

Light Throws a Curve Ball

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 13:13:08 - Iddo Genuth

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery using light beams that can travel around corners. The academics have...

March 19 Gamma-Ray Burst, Seen by Naked Eye

Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 18:51:50 - Anuradha Menon

A flash of light that blinded even small telescopes six months ago was the brightest astronomical explosion ever observed - visible to the naked eye...

Suppressing Color Breakup in LCDs

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 - 09:19:23 - Anuradha Menon

Field-sequential-color LCDs (FSC-LCDs) potentially offer greater overall light-emission efficiency compared with conventional devices, as well as...

Simulation Techniques Enhance Nanobioimaging

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 - 15:04:16 - Anuradha Menon

Biomedical optics researchers need optical simulation tools to acquire a deeper understanding of the interactions between light and tissues. The...

Martin Jet Pack
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
Glenn Martin has recently showcased his unique jet pack during AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, the annual aviation convention of...

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Faster-Than-Light Information Transfer

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 - 20:15:53 - Ehud Rattner

Two photons can be connected in a way that seems to defy the very nature of space and time, yet still obeys the laws of quantum mechanics. Physicists...

Invisibility Cloak 'Step Closer'

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 - 14:04:01 - Ehud Rattner

Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of...

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