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Gold Nanocrystal Vibration Captured on Billion-Frames-Per-Second Film
A billon-frames-per-second
film has captured the
vibrations of gold
nanocrystals in stunning
detail for the first time. ... > full story
Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
The Ring Nebula's
distinctive shape makes it a
popular illustration for
astronomy books. But new
observations by NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope of
... > full story
Flat Spray-on Optical Lens Created
Engineers have made a
breakthrough utilizing
spray-on technology that
could revolutionize the way
optical lenses are made and
used. ... > full story
Spheres Can Form Squares
Everybody who has tried to
stack oranges in a box knows
that a regular packing of
spheres in a flat layer
naturally leads to a
hexagonal pattern, where
each sphere is surrounded by
... > full story
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Spectacular Stellar Nursery: ESO's Very Large Telescope Celebrates 15 Years of Success
May 23, 2013 — With this new view of a spectacular stellar nursery ESO is celebrating 15 years of the Very Large Telescope — the world's most advanced optical instrument. This picture reveals thick clumps of ... > full story -
Forecast for Saturn's Moon Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
May 22, 2013 — Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern ... > full story -
Plasmonics: A Wave Without Diffraction
May 22, 2013 — Optical computing could benefit from the recent development of a novel electromagnetic ... > full story -
Optics: Statistics Light the Way
May 22, 2013 — A revelation of how photoreceptive cells in the eye distinguish between different light sources could pave the way for a novel class of optical ... > full story -
New Technique May Open Up an Era of Atomic-Scale Semiconductor Devices
May 22, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale -- meaning the films are only one atom thick. The technique can be used to create ... > full story -
Eyes on the Prey: Researchers Analyse the Hunting Behaviour of Fish Larvae in Virtual Reality
May 22, 2013 — Moving objects attract greater attention -- a fact exploited by video screens in public spaces and animated advertising banners on the Internet. For most animal species, moving objects also play a ... > full story -
New Method for Tailoring Optical Processors
May 21, 2013 — Physicists and engineers have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into output ... > full story -
Observations of Stellar Visibility by Citizen Scientists Accurately Measure the Brightness of the Night Sky
May 21, 2013 — Observations of stellar visibility by citizen scientists accurately measure the brightness of the night sky. The researchers hope that such data can eventually be used to track changes in artificial ... > full story -
A Tiny Programmable Fly's Eye
May 21, 2013 — A novel curved artificial compound eye (CurvACE) has been created. Compared to single-lens eyes, compound eyes offer lower resolution, but significantly larger fields of view, thin package, and with ... > full story -
NASA Builds Unusual Testbed for Analyzing X-Ray Navigation Technologies
May 20, 2013 — Pulsars have a number of unusual qualities. Like zombies, they shine even though they're technically dead, and they rotate rapidly, emitting powerful and regular beams of radiation that are seen as ... > full story
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