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The USGS Turns to Quantum Tech
Having switched my major from geology to business, I’m still a sucker for all things USGS. The organization just…
NASA Launching Deep Space Optical Communications
Launching Oct. 13 with the Psyche mission, NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) will be the…
Ancient Roman Glass Has Electronics Application
It’s beautiful. The brilliant colors of 2,000-year-old Roman glass fragments that were exposed to constant changes…
Triple-decker Hybrid Crystals for Lasers
Researchers at Duke University and Purdue University managed the arrangement of multiple inorganic and organic…
50-Meter Laser Experiment Sets Record
Where’s Guinness when you need him? It happened at UMD’s Energy Research Facility—Physics Professor Howard…
Colorado Scientists Laser Focused on Toilet Plumes, Flush with Success
Public toilets are often not pleasant places to go, but our bathrooms at home are dirtier than you think.
A team…
Researchers Create Supervillain Diamond Mirror for High-Powered Laser
Did you watch those superhero cartoons as a kid? The ones where the supervillain had a crazy plan to destroy the…
Crystal Structures in Super Slow Motion
Physicists from Göttingen claim that they are the first to succeed in filming a phase transition with extremely…
Multi-watt Terahertz Laser Breakthrough Uses Phase-Locking Technique
Terahertz lasers can be used to detect explosives and chemical warfare agents or to evaluate plasma densities.…
Noise Spectroscopy Technique Could Lead to Smaller, Faster, Cheaper Spintronic…
From helping in the search for life on exoplanets to triggering chemical reactions, diamond anvil cells have been…