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Light-bending nano-patterns for LEDs

“Direct nanoscale patterning of LED surfaces brings new possibilities for the control of light Nanoscale patterns designed to bend, deflect and split light can now be fabricated directly on light-emitting diode (LED) surfaces using an innovative etching method developed by …

Mbed OS 5.8.6 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.8.6 release is now available. This is the last patch release based on the feature set that Mbed-OS-5.8 introduces. Summary We have updated mbed-coap to version 4 …

NAU scientist contributes to significant advance in silicon photonics

“Northern Arizona University assistant professor Ryan Behunin collaborated with a team of physicists from Yale and the University of Texas at Austin in discovering an innovative way to manipulate light in silicon. By demonstrating a new type of laser that …

New approach to generating ultrashort pulses

“Extremely short mid-infrared laser pulses will help scientists explore ultrafast processes in atoms A laser synthesizer developed by an A*STAR researcher and his overseas collaborators produces infrared pulses shorter than the wave period, which could enable scientists to probe …

New laser makes silicon ‘sing’

“Yale scientists have created a new type of silicon laser that uses sound waves to amplify light. A study about the discovery appears in the online edition of the journal Science. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in …

NIST’s Invention Machine: Making the Perfect Parts

“On a recent morning, Rick Lake stopped in the middle of giving a tour of NIST’s Machine Shop to ponder a part sitting on a shelf. It was about 25 centimeters long and made of metal coated in a …

Reaching the Summit: Accelerated Computing Powering World’s Fastest Supercomputer

“Call it the most powerful scientific tool ever built. Call it a new paradigm of computing. Just don’t call it slow, because whatever number you look at, Summit — which made its debut Friday at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory …

Rutgers Physicists Create New Class of 2D Artificial Materials

“International team verifies 53-year-old theory on ferroelectric metals; findings could spawn a new generation of multi-functional devices and applications In 1965, a renowned Princeton University physicist theorized that ferroelectric metals could conduct electricity despite not existing in nature. For decades …

Scientists go deep to quantify perovskite properties

“Rice University, Los Alamos lead project to study excitons important to next-generation electronics Scientists led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered electronic properties in quantum-scale devices that are likely to impact the growing field of low-cost …

Scientists reveal how eukaryotic transcription systems gained complexity

“New evolutionary indicator helps uncover ancient transcription systems Researchers at the University of Tokyo and their collaborators have revealed for the first time the mechanism by which the system that initiates transcription in eukaryotes gained complexity when organisms in this …