Tech: The orderly chaos of black holes — (Report)
During the formation of a black hole a bright burst of very energetic light in the form of gamma-rays is produced, these events...
Tech: Interatomic light rectifier generates directed electric currents — (Report)
The absorption of light in semiconductor crystals without inversion symmetry can generate electric currents. Researchers at the Max Born Institute have now generated...
Tech: Next generation photonic memory devices are light-written, ultrafast and energy efficient — ...
Light is the most energy-efficient way of moving information. Yet, light shows one big limitation: it is difficult to store. As a matter...
Tech: Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation...
Living in extreme conditions requires creative adaptations. For certain species of bacteria that exist in oxygen-deprived environments, this means finding a way to...
Tech: Nanometer-sized tubes made from simple benzene molecules — (Report)
For the first time, researchers used benzene -- a common hydrocarbon -- to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead...
Tech: Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’ — (Report)
Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs, a University of Michigan professor has discovered, and that new insight has...
Tech: More stable light comes from intentionally ‘squashed’ quantum dots — (Report)
Intentionally "squashing" colloidal quantum dots during chemical synthesis creates dots capable of stable, "blink-free" light emission that is fully comparable with the light...
Tech: Physicists build devices using mineral perovskite — (Report)
When German mineralogist Gustav Rose stood on the slopes of Russia's Ural Mountains in 1839 and picked up a piece of a previously...
Tech: New method finds defects in power transistors more accurately, quickly and simply —...
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a simple yet accurate method for finding defects in the latest generation of silicon carbide transistors....
Tech: Infrared cameras and supercomputer simulations break through Venus’ veil — (Report)
A Japanese research group has identified a giant streak structure among the clouds covering planet Venus based on observation from the spacecraft Akatsuki....
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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...
