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Nanoparticles Let Mice See Near Infrared Light Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.

On September 26, 2018, the German government decided to fund the development of quantum technologies in Germany with €650 million within the current legislation period. This comes on top of the €1 billion European flagship initiative on quantum technologies: https://goo.gl/18Ea6Q

Earth's Oldest Color Dates Back More Than 1 Billion Years The oldest color in the world is bright pink and originated in a type of bacteria that lived 1.1 billion years ago, according to new evidence in the geological record.

Jellyfish Proteins Used to Create Unconventional Laser

“The work was inspired by the discovery that nature may have optimized — with subnanometer precision — the size of the molecules driving the bioluminescence of jellyfish to allow them to shine as brightly as possible,” he said. “We have calculated that the green fluorescent protein molecule — the molecule allowing certain jellyfish to emit bright green light — has just the right size to strike an optimal balance between not losing energy to unproductive quenching and being able to squeeze as many molecules as possible into the light-emitting cells of the animal.”

Previously, polariton lasers have been proven to be unsuitable for real-world applications because of the cryogenic temperatures they require to work effectively. However, the St. Andrews GFP polariton laser can be operated at room temperature."

photonics.com A polariton laser based on lab-grown, fluorescent jellyfish proteins could impact the fabrication of artificial optical devices, advance the field of

Slime can see: Scientists discover that slime-forming bacteria act as optical objects

phys.org After more than 300 years of looking, scientists have figured out how bacteria "see" their world. And they do it in a remarkably similar way to us.

Solar Thermal Devices That Are Colorful and Beautiful - Solar Thermal Magazine

solarthermalmagazine.com By converting sunlight into usable energy, solar thermal devices could become an important part of a sustainable future.

The Nature of Laser Light.

tek-think.com Exciting Nano-particles Using Laser Light

Using the Solar Wind to Power a Turbine

tek-think.com This action can be harnessed to create motion just from the pressure of the reflected light.

Study shows important goal for organic semiconductors is attainable

phys.org (Phys.org)—In organic semiconductor materials, there has always been a tradeoff between the ability to emit light and the ability to conduct a charge, as measured by the charge carrier mobility. Now for the first time, scientists from China and the UK have designed and synthesized a new type of orga…

New optical technique able to detect a single radio signal amongst background noise

phys.org (Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with the University of California has found a way to pick out a single short radio signal burst among a barrage of background noise. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their technique, how it works, how accurate it is and the po…

Researchers create powerful pseudomagnetic fields in graphene

phys.org University of Maryland (UMD) researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in graphene research that could provide a testbed for understanding how electrons move in extremely high magnetic fields. Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has become a celebrity in the materials science and physics worl…

Using Silicon Doping for New Materials.

tek-think.com New Research Explores Using Silicon Doping to Increase Thermal Efficiencies

New Research Should Allow Us to Make Better Solar Cells and Sensors.

tek-think.com If we can make materials that absorb more or all of the light we can design better solar cells and sensors

World's First Electric Satellite But Certainly Not The Last. ( Tek-ThinK)

tek-think.com The World's First Electric Satellite in Orbit Uses Ion Propulsion Drives

Team creates a curved waveguide able to significantly bend X-ray beams

phys.org (Phys.org)—A team of researchers working in Germany and France has demonstrated a way to bend X-ray beams using curved wave guides. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters, the team describes how they created the wave guides, the parameters they used in creating them and the results of t…

Experiment in Wireless Power Transmission

tek-think.com Here is an experiment that explains the basics of the science behind wireless power transmission

First 'porous liquid' invented

phys.org Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have made a major breakthrough by making a porous liquid - with the potential for a massive range of new technologies including 'carbon capture'.

Never Underestimate the Power of Physics.

tek-think.com Shrinking Your Money on Purpose Using the Power of Physics

Organic Solar Cells Could Use Molecular Nanoribbons as Electronic Highways - Solar Thermal Magazine

solarthermalmagazine.com This material could be important for the further development of organic solar cells. The results have been published in the scientific journal ACS Nano.

Quantum Electronics Painted With Beams of Light

www.sciencedaily.com Scientists have accidentally discovered a new way of using light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits in a unique class of materials called topological insulators.

Using general relativity to magnify the cosmos

sciencenews.org Astronomers have Einstein to thank for the tools that bring far-away galaxies and maybe even black hole collisions into view.

Researchers design material that more effectively slows light

phys.org Researchers at The University of Alabama designed and made a material that manipulates the speed of light in a new, more effective way than previous methods, according to findings recently published in Scientific Reports by the Nature Publishing Group.

Underwater House

tek-think.com The upper level or tip of the iceberg, is 3.5 meters above the water's surface. The second level is the is almost 1.5 meters above sea level,and features an outdoor observation deck and daytime viewing center.

Behold, the first glowing sea turtle ever discovered

sciencealert.com A glowing hawksbill sea turtle has been spotted near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and it's believed to the be the first reptile ever known to exhibit biofluorescence - the ability to absorb blue light and then reflect it as a different...

New light-based memory chip is the first ever to permanently store data

sciencealert.com Scientists in the UK have developed the first ever memory chip that’s entirely light-based and can store data permanently, and it could one day allow us to send and receive data at the speed of light. Light-based computers are increasingly looking...

Thermal Invisibility Cloak Redirects Heat

www.sciencedaily.com Light, sound, and now, heat -- just as optical invisibility cloaks can bend and diffract light to shield an object from sight, and specially fabricated acoustic metamaterials can hide an object from sound waves, a recently developed thermal cloak can render an object thermally invisible by actively…

The Only Existing Photo of Einstein Blackboarding His E=MC2 Formula | Physics-Astronomy

physics-astronomy.com At a public lecture Einstein offered in Pittsburgh in 1934, at least four hundred students were there to in hall to attend the lecture when Einstein mathematically derived his well-known mass-energy equivalence equation, E=mc2. This is believed to be the only remaining photo that displays Einstein w…

IEEE

Long gone are the days of "Be kind, rewind!" When movies first came out on VHS, it used to take about a full minute to rewind them completely. Now, with optical fibers that can transmit data at 43Tbps, it could take 0.2 seconds to download an entire movie!

Quantum teleportation of subatomic particles reaches 15.5 miles across optical fiber |...

physics-astronomy.com A new distance record has been set in the strange world of quantum teleportation. In a recent experiment, the quantum state (the direction it was spinning) of a light particle instantly traveled 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) across an optical fiber, becoming the farthest successful quantum teleportatio…

Light in the cloud: Photonic innovation for data centers

light2015blog.org The widespread adoption of new cloud computing services, streamed entertainment, online gaming and social networking means that there is more data being transferred around the world now than ever b...

Laser Focus World

May 2015 issue sneak-peek - Engineered lattice steers light around extremely tight corners:

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/print/volume-51/issue-05/world-news/integrated-optics-engineered-lattice-steers-light-around-extremely-tight-corners.html

Scientists tame lightning bolts with laser beams

dailymail.co.uk Canadian scientists have found a way of directing a lightning arc by using the Advanced Laser Light Source facility to channel man-made lightning bolts around objects.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Earth is experiencing an ongoing geomagnetic storm that started on June 22 due to the arrival of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, from a minor solar flare on June 20. As a result, aurora were sighted in several mid-latitude locations, including Virginia, in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1LBSmCf

Fastest-ever flexible diode provides 'last missing piece' needed to realize bendable phones

phys.org (Phys.org)—While there are hints that Samsung and LG are developing flexible phones that can fold, roll up, and even be stretched into larger screens, there are still some obstacles to overcome before such bendable phones become a reality. Arguably the largest obstacle is the need for a high-speed f…

'Metasheet' blocks a narrow band of radiation, letting the rest pass - physicsworld.com

physicsworld.com Material made of metal helices could be used for radar cloaking