Tech: Machine learning helps improve photonic applications — (Report)
Nanostructures can increase the sensitivity of optical sensors enormously -- provided that the geometry meets certain conditions and matches the wavelength of the...
Tech: Perovskite solar cells leap toward commercialization — (Report)
Solar energy has long been considered the most sustainable option for replacing our dependence on fossil fuels, but technologies for converting solar energy...
Tech: A new model of cause and effect — (Report)
Natural little scientists, human babies love letting go of things and watching them fall. Baby's first experiment teaches them about more than the...
Tech: Cell runs on glucose from body fluids — (Report)
Researchers at Washington State University have developed an implantable, biofuel-powered sensor that runs on sugar and can monitor a body's biological signals to...
Tech: New electro-optic laser pulses 100 times faster than usual ultrafast light — ...
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used common electronics to build a laser that pulses 100 times more...
Tech: Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks — (Report)
It used to be known as the information superhighway -- the fibre-optic infrastructure on which our gigabytes and petabytes of data whizz around...
Tech: Polymer coating cools down buildings — (Report)
With temperatures rising and heat-waves disrupting lives around the world, cooling solutions are becoming ever more essential. This is a critical issue especially...
Tech: Molybdenum disulphide sheets used to achieve cell signals two-orders of magnitude higher than...
A new method developed by researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) can potentially ensure patient safety for future stem cell-based...
Tech: Simulations uncover why some supernova explosions produce so much manganese and nickel —...
Researchers have found white dwarf stars with masses close to the maximum stable mass (called the Chandrasekhar mass) are likely to produce large...
Tech: Metal that withstands ultra-high temperature and pressure identified — (Report)
Japanese scientists have identified a metal able to stand up to constant forces in ultrahigh temperature, offering promising applications including in aircraft jet...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
