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Infrared encoding of images with metasurfaces

Researchers have recently demonstrated metamaterial resonators that allow emission in the infrared to be tuned through the geometry of the resonator.

Dec 24th, 2015

Researchers create exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal

Magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more.

Dec 24th, 2015

Controlling the thermodynamics of light

Scientists offer a more generalized theoretical description of chemical potential (usually denoted by the Greek letter mu) for light and show how mu can be controlled and applied in a number of physics research areas.

Dec 23rd, 2015

Scientists make advances toward affordable photoelectrochemical (PEC) production of hydrogen

Scientists took a different approach to the PEC process, which uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The process requires special semiconductors, the PEC materials and catalysts to split the water.

Dec 23rd, 2015

Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing

High-performance prototype means chipmakers could now start building optoelectronic chips.

Dec 23rd, 2015

Researchers found an unconventional phase transition in photonic structures

Physicists have researched the phenomenon of phase transition between photonic crystals and metamaterials - two types of periodic structures capable of manipulating light in intricate ways.

Dec 23rd, 2015

A quantum of light for material science

Computer simulations that predict the light-induced change in the physical and chemical properties of complex systems, molecules, nanostructures and solids usually ignore the quantum nature of light. Scientists have now shown how the effects of the photons can be properly included in such calculations.

Dec 23rd, 2015

Ringing in a new way to measure and modulate trapped light

Researchers have developed a novel way to noninvasively measure and map how and where trapped light vibrates within microscale optical resonators.

Dec 22nd, 2015

'Squeezed' motion in a massive object

Everyone expects objects at the atomic scale to follow the weird rules of quantum mechanics. But in the past few years, scientists have shown that comparatively large mechanical objects can be coaxed into exhibiting a surprising variety of quantum properties.

Dec 22nd, 2015

Mixing nanocomposites? New math app helps you manage your mashup

Scientists at NIST have made recipe development a more palatable job.

Dec 22nd, 2015

Flexible sheet-type sensor for measuring cellular oxygen metabolism

A new tool useful for regenerative medicine and drug screening.

Dec 22nd, 2015

Boron nitride-reinforced materials even stronger than carbonnanotube composites

While carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites have attracted enormous interest from the materials research community, a group of scientists now has evidence that a different nanotube - made from boron nitride - could offer even more strength per unit of weight.