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Most techniques to prevent frost and ice formation on surfaces rely heavily on heating or liquid chemicals that need to be repeatedly reapplied...
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The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers...
Tech: Photons trained for optical fiber obstacle course will deliver stronger cyber security —...
Beneath many cities are complex networks of optical fibres that carry data, encoded in pulses of light, to offices and homes. Researchers from...
Tech: Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing — (Report)
Calcium carbonate is found nearly everywhere, in sidewalk cement, wall paint, antacid tablets and deep underground. Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis...
Tech: How long does a quantum jump take? — (Report)
Quantum jumps are usually regarded to be instantaneous. However, new measurement methods are so precise that it has now become possible to observe...
Tech: Highly efficient wet-processed solar cells with molecules in the same orientation — ...
Solar cells are a cost-effective, alternate source of energy. A subtype of these, organic solar cells make use of organic polymers inside the...
Tech: The single-layer surface of nanostructures can be incorporated into commercial optical systems, from...
Today's optical systems -- from smartphone cameras to cutting-edge microscopes -- use technology that hasn't changed much since the mid-1700s. Compound lenses, invented...
Tech: Device could provide refrigeration for off-grid locations — (Report)
MIT researchers have devised a new way of providing cooling on a hot sunny day, using inexpensive materials and requiring no fossil fuel-generated...
Tech: Advancing the description of ‘mysterious’ water to improve drug design — (Report)
Interactions with water dominate how drug molecules bind to targets, but it's tricky to model these interactions, limiting the accuracy of drug design....
Tech: Einstein-de Haas effect has a central role in ultrafast demagnetization processes — ...
The Einstein-de Haas effect, first demonstrated more than a century ago, provides an intriguing link between magnetism and rotation in ferromagnetic materials. An...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
