Fragile topology: Two new studies explain the strange electron flow in future materials
Electrons race along the surface of certain unusual crystalline materials, except that sometimes they don’t….
optics
Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could…
Making light work
A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard researchers has generated a new platform in which light…
Groningen’s physicists have visualized hydrogen at the metal-to-metal hydride interface
University of Groningen physicists have visualized hydrogen at the titanium/titanium hydride interface using a transmission…
A quantum of solid
It is well known that quantum properties of individual atoms can be controlled and manipulated…
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
Researchers have developed a new laser-based method that provides an unprecedented view of sprays such…
Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies
A new study from Columbia Engineering and Harvard identified the critical physiological importance of suitable temperatures for butterfly wings…
Expert in visual neuroscience has international award in his sights
Pioneering discoveries about the ‘extraordinarily strange’ visual systems of shrimps – that could improve early…
Nano antennas for data transfer
Directional antennas convert electrical signals to radio waves and emit them in a particular direction,…
Cutting through fog with laser focus
Research from The University of Queensland aimed at controlling light in scattering materials, such as…