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Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 2, 2014

A cure for clashing qubits: Researchers successfully entangle different-color photons

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —While two-photon interference is an important way of entangling independent identical photons, it does not handle different-color photons with the same aplomb. Recently, scientists at the University of Science ...

Astronomy Mar 24, 2014

Gemini Planet Imager – a new eye to scan the sky for exoplanets

There is excitement in astronomy and planetary science departments worldwide as the new Gemini Planet Imager, housed in the Gemini South Telescope in the Chilean Andes, turns its razor-sharp gaze to the skies.

Environment Mar 18, 2014

Researchers model Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Dr. Jason Jolliff is an oceanographer with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). "The emphasis here," he says, "is on developing models of the ocean environment to help the naval warfighter." His most recent paper, published ...

Hardware Feb 20, 2014

Sony develops Pico projector module with high-definition resolution and focus-free image projection

Sony Corporation today announced the development of a pico projector module equipped with Sony's independently-developed image processing system, that uses laser beam scanning (LBS) to realize crisp, beautiful high-definition ...

Software Feb 20, 2014

Software provides first responders with hazmat incident chemical reference

Researchers have released a new version of the Chemical Companion Decision Support System (CCDSS), a software system that provides first responders with detailed and easy-to-access information about chemicals that may be ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 18, 2014

World-record micrometer-sized converter of electrical into optical signals

Thanks to optical signals, mails and data can be transmitted rapidly around the globe. But also exchange of digital information between electronic chips may be accelerated and energy efficiency might be increased by using ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 20, 2013

Early detection of blinding eye disease could be as easy as scanning a barcode

A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool—about the size of a hand-held video camera—scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in ...

Materials Science Dec 19, 2013

Researchers make powerful new microscale torsional muscle/motor from vanadium dioxide (w/ Video)

Vanadium dioxide is poised to join the pantheon of superstars in the materials world. Already prized for its extraordinary ability to change size, shape and physical identity, vanadium dioxide can now add muscle power to ...

Condensed Matter Nov 29, 2013

New state of liquid crystals discovered

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —New collaborative research, carried out by Dr. Vitaly P. Panov, Research Fellow, and Jagdish K Vij, Honorary Professor of Electronic Materials of Trinity College Dublin's School of Engineering, Department of ...

Space Exploration Nov 18, 2013

NASA technologists embrace laser instrument challenge

In 2007, the National Research Council threw down a challenge: Design a space-based laser altimeter that could measure the height of Earth's surface everywhere to within a mere 10 centimeters—all at 5-meter resolution. ...

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