Science

New 'needle-pulse' beam pattern packs a punch

These are just a few of the items on the "Christmas tree" of possible applications for the beam pattern that Miguel Alonso, professor of optics, and Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering, describe in a recent paper in Optics...

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Cosmic lenses support finding on faster than expected expansion of the Universe

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First 3-D observation of nanomachines working inside cells: Researchers headed by IRB Barcelona combine genetic engineering, super-resolution microscopy and biocomputation to allow them to see in 3-D the protein machinery inside living cells

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On the left, in vivo image of nanomachines using current microscopy techniques; on the right, the new method allows 3D observation of...

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A New Test for Life on Other Planets

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Mono Lake, California, with salt pillars known as "tufas" visible. JPL scientists tested new methods for...

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Storms Filled 37 Percent of CA Snow-Water Deficit

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January storms in the Sierra Nevadas reduced California's deficit in stored snow water by about 37 percent.

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Traffic jam in empty space: New success for Konstanz physicists in studying the quantum vacuum

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Schematic sketch of the spatio-temporal deviations from the level of bare vacuum fluctuations of the electric field which are generated by...

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Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy

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NUS researchers achieve major breakthrough in flexible electronics: New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials make better electrodes for plastic electronics and advanced semiconductor devices

To make high-performance devices however, good ohmic contacts with low electrical resistances are required to allow the maximum current to flow both ways between the electrode and the semiconductor layers. Recently, a team of scientists from the...

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