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Solid-State Controllable Light Filter May Protect Preterm Infants from Disturbing Light
May 6, 2013 — Researchers describe a proof-of-concept mirror that switches between reflective and red-transparent states when a small voltage is ... > full story -
Do-It-Yourself Invisibility With 3-D Printing
May 6, 2013 — Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple cloak has become a lot ... > full story -
The Nocebo Effect: Media Reports May Trigger Symptoms of a Disease
May 6, 2013 — Expectation of negative effects can increase likelihood of experiencing symptoms, new research ... > full story -
Invisible Pattern Can Put a Stop to Counterfeit Designer Clothing
May 6, 2013 — There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Researchers have produced a thread with unique optical properties, which can be used to create invisible patterns in ... > full story -
Microwave Oven Cooks Up Solar Cell Material
May 6, 2013 — Metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more ... > full story -
Highly Fragile, Volatile Body Observed With New Quantum-Mechanical Measurement Technique
May 5, 2013 — Scientists have observed a highly fragile and volatile body through a new quantum-mechanical measurement ... > full story -
New Kind of Cosmic Flash May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole
May 3, 2013 — According to an astrophysicist, a new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black ... > full story -
'Shockingly Bright' Burst of Gamma Rays from Dying Star in Distant Galaxy
May 3, 2013 — A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB ... > full story -
'Dark Oxidants' Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils
May 3, 2013 — All forms of life that breathe oxygen -- even ones that can't be seen with the naked eye, such as bacteria -- must fight oxidants to live. But neutralizing environmental oxidants such as superoxide ... > full story -
How to Frustrate a Quantum Magnet: 16 Atomic Ions Simulate a Quantum Antiferromagnet
May 3, 2013 — Frustration crops up throughout nature when conflicting constraints on a physical system compete with one another. The way nature resolves these conflicts often leads to exotic phases of matter that ... > full story
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