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Plasmonic waveguides open the possibility to develop dramatically miniaturized optical devices and provide a promising route towards the next-generation of integrated...
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Relief may be on the horizon for anyone who has ever jumped around a room like a jack-in-the-box to get motion-sensing lights to...
Tech: NASA’s Planet-hunting TESS catches a comet before starting science — (Report)
Before NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) started science operations on July 25, 2018, the planet hunter sent back a stunning sequence of...
Tech: Scientists test material that shows promise for flexible electronics — (Report)
Rice University researchers have found that fracture-resistant "rebar graphene" is more than twice as tough as pristine graphene.
Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of...
Tech: Benefits also include consumer safety and comfort — (Report)
Almost everyone who eats fast food is familiar with the frustration of trying to squeeze every last drop of ketchup out of the...
Tech: The marriage of topology and magnetism in a Weyl system — (Report)
Topology is a global aspect of materials, leading to fundamental new properties for compounds with large relativistic effects. The incorporation of heavy elements...
Tech: High-resolution imaging of nanoparticle surface structures is now possible — (Report)
Using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), extremely high resolution imaging of the molecule-covered surface structures of silver nanoparticles is possible, even down to the...
Tech: NASA assigns crews to first test flights, missions on commercial spacecraft — ...
NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International...
Tech: Complex math calculations performed by worms in search for food — (Report)
Animals often rely on their sense of smell to locate food. It's a law of nature: the first one to reach a food...
Tech: Old mining techniques make a new way to recycle lithium batteries — ...
Lei Pan's team of chemical engineering students had worked long and hard on their research project, and they were happy just to be...
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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...
