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New quantum mechanism to trigger the emission of tunable light at terahertz frequencies

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This is an optoelectronic device formed of multiple quantum wells, whose design is optimised to maximise the dipole and thus its efficiency...

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Developing an improved liposuction technique that melts fat

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Melting fat away could one day become a reality with a new liposuction technique now under development.

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Titan Flybys Test the Talents of NASA's Cassini Team

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Cassini will attempt to bounce signals off of Saturn's moon Titan once more during a flyby on June 18, 2014...

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Soaring Over Lunar Mt. Hadley

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Dynamic Spectroscopy Duo: 2D Electronic-Vibrational Spectroscopy Technique Provides Unprecedented Look into Photochemical Reactions

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2D-EV spectral data tells researchers how photoexcitation of a molecular system affects the coupling of electronic and nuclear vibrations...

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Move over, silicon, there's a new circuit in town

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Hybrid CNT/IGZO circuits fabricated on a polyimide film laminated on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate

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Nanoscale composites improve MRI: Rice, Methodist researchers merge magnetic particles to detect, fight disease

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Submicrometer particles that contain even smaller particles of iron oxide could make magnetic resonance imaging a far more powerful tool to...

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A virus reveals the physics of nanopores

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A better way to study what actually happens at the nanopore
A computer simulation depicts an fd virus translocating through a...

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