Tech: Sandwich structure of nanocrystals as quantum light source — (Report)
Excited photo-emitters can cooperate and radiate simultaneously, a phenomenon called superfluorescence. Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich, together with colleagues from IBM Research...
Tech: Harvesting renewable energy from the sun and outer space at the same time...
Scientists at Stanford University have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected...
Tech: Aging a flock of stars in the Wild Duck Cluster — (Report)
Do star clusters harbor many generations of stars or just one? Scientists have long searched for an answer and, thanks to the University...
Tech: Different quantum systems can show the same behaviour, experiments show — (Report)
Some things are so complicated that it is completely impossible to precisely calculate them. This includes large quantum systems, which consist of many...
Tech: Researchers make movies of photochemistry in single nanoparticles — (Report)
When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat.
Vadai, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, had spent...
Tech: Batteryless smart devices closer to reality — (Report)
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging.
These...
Tech: Measuring recoil from nuclear decay identifies isotopes — (Report)
Laser-based 'optical tweezers' could levitate uranium and plutonium particles, thus allowing the measurement of nuclear recoil during radioactive decay. This technique, proposed by...
Tech: Tiny molecule has big effect in childhood brain tumor studies — (Report)
Sometimes small things make the biggest differences.
A new study by UT Health San Antonio researchers found that a molecule thousands of times smaller...
Tech: How stretchy fluids react to wavy surfaces — (Report)
Viscoelastic fluids are everywhere, whether racing through your veins or through 1,300 kilometers of pipe in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Unlike Newtonian fluids, such...
Tech: Most fantasy sports are based on skill, not luck — (Report)
If you've ever taken part in the armchair sport of fantasy football and found yourself at the top of your league's standings at...
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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...
