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The continued growth of wireless and cellular data traffic relies heavily on light waves. Microwave photonics is the field of technology that is dedicated to the distribution and processing of electrical information signals using optical means. Compared with traditional solutions based on electronics alone, microwave photonic systems can handle massive amounts of data. Therefore, microwave

World-leading eye experts have made a breakthrough that could potentially change the way cataracts are treated – with potential for drug therapy to replace surgery. Cataract is a clouding of the eye lens that develops over time and affects the quality of vision. It is caused by an accumulation of protein in the lens that

IMAGE: Sumit Sharma, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development… view more  Credit: Ohio University Sumit Sharma, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology, was recently

IMAGE: Artificial cilia that move in a wave-like fashion when magnetically propelled could someday power climbing soft robots and microfluidic devices. view more  Credit: American Chemical Society The rhythmic motions of hair-like cilia move liquids around cells or propel the cells themselves. In nature, cilia flap independently, and mimicking these movements with artificial materials requires complex

Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen through photosynthesis. What if there was a way to make photosynthesis happen in the brains of patients? Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Nano Letters have done just that in cells

IMAGE: Left panel: STM image of bottom-up zigzag graphene nanoribbons. Right panel: Spin-density in the vicinity of a “bite ” defect in a zigzag graphene nanoribbon. view more  Credit: @Michele Pizzochero Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because of the interplay between their crystal and electronic

IMAGE: Coauthor Georg Winkler working on a setup used to characterize the high-performance mirrors under vacuum view more  Credit: (© 2019 Barbara Mair, Universität Wien) Manufactured in a new process based on crystalline materials, these low-loss mirrors promise to open up completely new application areas, for example in optical respiratory gas analysis for early cancer detection

IMAGE: Prof. Jung-Il Hong, DGIST view more  Credit: DGIST Spintronics is an emerging technology for manufacturing electronic devices that take advantage of electron spin and its associated magnetic properties, instead of using the electrical charge of an electron, to carry information. Antiferromagnetic materials are attracting attention in spintronics, with the expectation of spin operations with higher

IMAGE: Accompanying image shows example vector image referenced in release: example_contigalignment.pdf view more  Credit: Earlham Institute A new software tool developed by Earlham Institute researchers will help bioinformaticians improve the quality and accuracy of their biological data, and avoid mis-assemblies. The fast, lightweight, user-friendly tool visualises genome assemblies and gene alignments from the latest next generation

IMAGE: A chip embedded with about 50 spin-torque oscillators. view more  Credit: National University of Singapore With the rise of the digital age, the amount of WiFi sources to transmit information wirelessly between devices has grown exponentially. This results in the widespread use of the 2.4GHz radio frequency that WiFi uses, with excess signals available to

IMAGE: Left: A nanofiber filter that captures 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols; Right: A highly magnified image of the polymer nanofibers. view more  Credit: Yun Shen A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment. “Our work is the first study

IMAGE: Scientists to take a new step in the microelectronics’ development view more  Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed a new approach to determine the best electrode materials composition for Solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The results of the study were published in the first quartile journal

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have tapped into a poltergeist-like property of electrons to design devices that can capture excess heat from their environment–and turn it into usable electricity. The researchers have described their new “optical rectennas” in a paper published today in the journal Nature Communications. These devices, which are too small

IMAGE: Lehigh University materials science and engineering assistant professor Siddha Pimputkar has won an NSF CAREER award for his proposal “Nitride Synthesis via Controlled Decomposition of Precursors under Moderate Pressure. ” view more  Credit: Lehigh University Every discipline has its holy grail. For Siddha Pimputkar, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in Lehigh University’s

IMAGE: Aaliyah Shodeinde, a fourth-year graduate researcher in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering working in professor and drug delivery pioneer Nicholas Peppas’ lab. view more  Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Viruses attack the body by sending their genetic code — DNA and RNA — into cells and multiplying. A promising class of therapeutics