Harnessing nanoscale electrical currents powered by light to power emerging technologies
Gold nanoantennas focus light waves into intense nanoscale “hot spots” that excite electrons within an underlying atomically thin graphene layer. ...
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Study finds plankton use UV light sensors to detect pressure changes and avoid being swept away.
The pressure response as a depth retention mechanism mediated by the ciliary photoreceptor cell circuit. Credit: eLife (2024). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.94306.1 ...
Shedding light on proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease to enable earlier detection of the disease
Credit: ACS sensors (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsensors.3c01334 Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, are difficult to diagnose before ...
Researchers study role of post-transcriptional splicing in plant response to light
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences On January 30, a ...
Observations shed more light on properties of nearest tidal disturbance event
SDSS image of the host galaxy NGC 3799, before the transient occurs. The galactic core where the TDE occurred is ...
New research shows how light travels in integrated circuits on chips
(a) Schematics of the experimental setup for imaging waves propagating in photonic devices. The 1550 nm signal pulses (orange) are ...
The rebirth of black gold and solar light
The first highly efficient, air-stable, plasmonic-activated catalyst for the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene. Credit: Gunjan Sharma and Professor Vivek Polshettiwar Professor ...
Transforming glass into a “transparent” light energy harvester
Transforming tellurite glass into a “transparent” light energy harvester by etching semiconductor patterns using femtosecond laser light. Credit: EPFL / ...
Programming light propagation creates highly efficient neural networks
Programming optical propagation for a computational task is accomplished via the depicted workflow. Credit: Advanced Photonics (2024). DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.6.1.016002 Current ...
Study sheds more light on long-term developmental risks of preterm birth
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Children born moderately premature (32 to 33 weeks) or late prematurely (34 to 36 weeks) have ...
