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12:47am, 11th May, 2019

Study sheds new light on urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections (UTIs) have such a high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women -- several species of bacteria can invade the bladder walls.

Precise temperature measurements with invisible light

6:27pm, 9th May, 2019

Tech

Precise temperature measurements with invisible light

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) NIST researchers have invented a portable, remarkably stable thermometer capable of measuring temperatures to a precision of within a few thousandths of a degree Celsius.

UCF researchers develop way to control speed of light, send it backward

7:49am, 4th April, 2019

Tech

UCF researchers develop way to control speed of light, send it backward

(University of Central Florida) University of Central Florida researchers have developed a way to control the speed of light. Not only can they speed up a pulse of light and slow it down, they can also make it travel backward.

5:07am, 19th March, 2019

Physics

Heading towards a tsunami of light

(Chalmers University of Technology) Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have proposed a way to create a completely new source of radiation. Ultra-intense light pulses consist of the motion of a s...

An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer's at Bay

2:02pm, 14th March, 2019

Humans

An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer's at Bay

Playing a flashing white light and a trilling sound reversed signs of Alzheimer’s in mice. Researchers are now trying it in humans-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Unlocking the untapped potential of light in optical communications

6:56pm, 7th March, 2019

Tech

Unlocking the untapped potential of light in optical communications

(Tokyo Institute of Technology) Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have fabricated a multiplexer/demultiplexer module based on a property of light that was not being exploited in communications systems: the optical vortex. Such devices will...

Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells

7:47am, 6th March, 2019

Tech

Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells

(Rutgers University) Scientists have found a new way to control light emitted by exotic crystal semiconductors, which could lead to more efficient solar cells and other advances in electronics, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Material...

Researchers Enable "Super Mice" to See Near-Infrared Light

12:55am, 1st March, 2019

Tech

Researchers Enable "Super Mice" to See Near-Infrared Light

Nanoscale devices convert near-infrared light into visible, green light. When injected into the eyes, they enabled mice to see in the infrared-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Large-scale window material developed for PM2.5 capture and light tuning

3:56pm, 16th February, 2019

Humans

Large-scale window material developed for PM2.5 capture and light tuning

(University of Science and Technology of China) A research team from University of Science and Technology of China develops a simple and economical process to fabricate large-scale flexible smart windows.

First-of-their-kind 3D experiments shed new light on shape memory alloys

7:33pm, 13th February, 2019

Physics

First-of-their-kind 3D experiments shed new light on shape memory alloys

(Colorado School of Mines) Researchers from Colorado School of Mines are working to better understand the complex internal microstructures of shape memory alloys and the results of their first-of-their-kind experiments were recently published by thre...