Physicists in the United Kingdom, at the University of Southampton, propose the existence of a new force that is capable of making metamaterials attach themselves to other surfaces. The work is heavily influenced by a theory proposed by scientist James Clerk Maxwell, back in 1871.
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17 January 2012
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A group of investigators from the Purdue University announce the development of specialized arrays capable of controlling light. The instruments can manipulate photons in very specific ways, potentially enabling a new generation of computers, microscopes and telecommunications devices.
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27 December 2011
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A group of investigators in the United States announces the development of a system that represents the first demonstration of light and plasmon coupling in the carbon compound called graphene. The work also sets the foundation for using graphene as a basis for new generations of metamaterials.
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5 September 2011
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Investigators at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announce the development of a new method for exercising dynamic control on the curved trajectories of Airy beams over metallic surfaces.This new advanced optics study goes against what physics students learn... |
12 August 2011
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A group of scientists has recently managed to obtain groundbreaking new data on the electronic structure of graphene. The material is a single-atom-thick carbon compound, which exhibits very peculiar physical and chemical properties. Discovered only 5 years ago at the University of Manchester, in the UK, graphene has... |
21 May 2010
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Taking a quantum dot-based infrared detector as a starting point, a group of American researchers managed to produce a new, advanced microlens that can boost the strength of an infrared signal. The main accomplishment here is that this is done with a nanoscale device that does not increase the noise (scrambled, unwan... |
19 May 2010
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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania (UP) have recently taken a major step in the quest to develop devices that are capable of transforming light into electricity. They managed to devise an array of nanoscale gold molecules able to trigger the transduction of optical radiation into electrical current. The new... |
13 February 2010
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The dual nature of light, as in the fact that it can act like both a particle and a wave, has had physicists puzzled since that was first discovered. Such a duality was bound to lead to some paradoxes, scientists hypothesized at the time, and now their predictions appear to be coming true. Scientists have recently di... |
15 November 2009
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Scientists at the University of Minnesota have recently been able to devise cheap ways of manipulating light in peculiar manners, when they have established new techniques to produce very smooth, patterned, thin nanofilms. According to Technology Review, their work could lead to significant improvements in the fields... |
31 July 2009
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