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If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have achieved a significant breakthrough by employing scatterometry, a technique ...

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A novel imaging technique used for the first time on a ground-based telescope has helped a UCLA-led team of astronomers to ...

Researchers in Konstanz discovered a way to manipulate materials with light by exciting magnon pairs, reshaping their ...

The biggest public holiday in India, Diwali features prayers for prosperity and good fortune — and lots of sweets.

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

By miniaturizing THz spectroscopy to a chip-scale platform, James McIver’s lab has uncovered a promising new method for controlling quantum materials. Under certain conditions, two-dimensional (2D) ...

Innovative dual-laser film growth method yields high-quality perovskite layers, improving LED efficiency and stability for ...