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Ultra-fast X-ray breakthrough
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Ultra-fast X-ray breakthrough

Electromagnetic induced transparency or EIT has been known for quite a long time. This phenomenon is used to control properties such as dispersion and absorption in gase…

December 14, 2018
All nanoparticles are magnetic?
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All nanoparticles are magnetic?

According to new results published by the team of researchers in India, ferromagnetism may be a common property in all types of nanoparticles. Chintamani Rai and colleag…

December 14, 2018
Visual molecules change shape in nanotubes
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Visual molecules change shape in nanotubes

Photos of changing shapes in the retina - an important element of vision - can help us understand how we look, a result recently published by researchers in Japan. .

December 14, 2018
Robotic fish fins for submarines
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Robotic fish fins for submarines

Inspired by the efficient swimming motion of bluegill sunfish, MIT scientists are building a mechanical fish fin that is capable of pushing a submarine someday.

December 14, 2018
Nano cubes bring better shaped crystals
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Nano cubes bring better shaped crystals

Scientists in the United States have developed a new way to control the shape of metallic nanocrystals by using a small element of another metal such as a 'seed' and cha…

December 14, 2018
Generate electricity from the body's heat
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Generate electricity from the body's heat

Call from a mobile phone without a battery, just use the warmth of your hand? That is no longer a vague dream. New circuits can completely take the body's heat to produce

December 14, 2018
Atoms store 2D images in record time
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Atoms store 2D images in record time

Physicists in Israel have shown that 2D images of light can be projected into atomic gas, stored there and recovered in time to 9 9s later. Although this is not the time

December 14, 2018
Air turbulence detection system for aircraft
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Air turbulence detection system for aircraft

The US scientists have just launched a system to detect air turbulence in the flight process, help enhance aviation safety, create comfort for passengers.

December 14, 2018
Quantum Hall effect in HGTe
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Quantum Hall effect in HGTe

German and American physicists have for the first time observed the first signs of an unusual solid phenomenon called the Quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE), in which elect…

December 14, 2018
Nano antenna converges laser light
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Nano antenna converges laser light

What do you get when you combine the quantum laser cascade with an optical antenna? The answer, according to US researchers, is a device that creates a tiny spot of ligh…

December 14, 2018
New sensors serve medicine and military
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New sensors serve medicine and military

US scientists are developing a type of sensor that is smaller than rice grain, has a very high sensitivity, can be widely used in medicine and military.

December 14, 2018