Science

Advance in intense pulsed light sintering opens door to improved electronics manufacturing

Taking a deeper look at photonic sintering of silver nanoparticle films -- the use of intense pulsed light, or IPL, to rapidly fuse functional conductive nanoparticles -- scientists uncovered a relationship between film temperature and densification....

Full Story »
Pan-STARRS Releases Largest Digital Sky Survey to the World

2016-29_0.jpg

Full Story »
UN invited to monitor and assist fresh evacuation efforts under way in war-ravaged Aleppo

12-15-2016Aleppo_0_0.jpg
One of six mobile clinics provided by WHO to deliver health services to people fleeing violence in Aleppo,...

Full Story »
Researchers, ski safety experts develop new tool that maps potential avalanches

IMG_2347_0_0_0.JPG
A researcher prepares to use a laser scanning (lidar) unit to scan snow depth at the Arapahoe Ski Basin Ski area in...

Full Story »
Antarctic Site Promises to Open a New Window on the Cosmos

2016-28_0.jpg

Full Story »
Sea ice hits record lows

N_stddev_timeseries-600_0.jpg
The graph above shows daily Arctic sea ice extent as of December 5, 2016, along with daily ice...

Full Story »
Giant heads sculpted from fruit and vegetables draw attention to rural communities at climate summit

Drawing attention to the impact that climate change is having on smallholder farmers and rural communities in developing countries, British artists Adam and Silas Birtwistle unveiled four giant heads – Voices from the Good Earth - sculpted from fruit...

Full Story »
Shape matters when light meets atom: Mapping the interaction of a single atom with a single photon may inform design of quantum devices

But look closely at the moment that light meets matter, and there's more to be discovered. Scientists at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore have just shown that a photon's shape also affects how it is...

Full Story »