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HKATG Successfully Carries Out In-Orbit Technology Validation of 'Golden Bauhinia' Satellite Constellation

News - 28 Jul 2020

On July 25, 2020, China's Long March-4B carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the space exploration satellite named "Lobster Eye X-ray...
Researchers Use Liquid Crystal Elastomer Microstructures to Build Light-Powered Micro-Tool

News - 16 Jul 2020

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer gripers are...
Novel Double Perovskites Could Help Advance Clean-Energy Applications

News - 1 Jul 2020

High-pressure materials science has taken off over the last couple of decades with advances in previously difficult experimental techniques and from technologies such as diamond anvils, which squeeze...
New Polarized Light-Matter Interaction Could Help Study Unique Molecules

News - 30 Jun 2020

A scientist might want to do cartwheels upon making a discovery, but this time the discovery itself relies on cartwheels. Researchers at Rice University have discovered details about a novel type...
Using Optical Fields to Modify Electronic Properties of Solid

News - 15 Jun 2020

Research coauthored by team from the Department of Physics and Astronomy reveals that optical fields have the ability to modify electronic properties of a solid. The paper, "Coherent...
Advanced Tools Considerably Increase the Stability of Microwave Signals

News - 22 May 2020

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists have employed sophisticated light detectors, next-generation atomic clocks, and a measurement tool known as a frequency comb to...
Research Opens Avenue for Producing 2D Crystals with Excellent Optical Properties

News - 21 May 2020

For the first time, monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides with excellent optical properties were grown. A team of physicists from the University of Warsaw managed to overcome the technical...
Light Wave Acceleration of Supercurrents Gives Access to New Quantum Phenomena

News - 20 May 2020

Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents and access the unique properties of the quantum world, including forbidden light emissions that one day could be applied to high-speed,...
New UV Light Sterilizer Technology Could Rapidly Disinfect Surfaces, Indoor Air

News - 20 May 2020

The home entertainment console found in almost all houses could be the key to a new weapon in the battle against the coronavirus. Chris Barty, UCI Distinguished Professor of physics & astronomy,...
Ultra-Long-Working-Distance Spectroscopy with 3D-Printed Aspherical Microlenses

News - 14 May 2020

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw have demonstrated micrometre-sized 3D-printed aspherical microlenses which can replace bulky microscope objectives in spectroscopic...