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‘Hot spots’ increase efficiency of solar desalination
Rice University’s solar-powered approach for purifying salt water with sunlight and nanoparticles is even more efficient than its...
Jun 18, 20193 min read


Ring resonators corner light
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have created the first silicon chip that can reliably constrain light to its four...
Jun 17, 20193 min read


Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld
The researchers used a well-known TMDC material - tungsten disulphide - but in a new way. By creating a tiny resonance box - much like...
Jun 12, 20193 min read


Penn engineers design nanostructured diamond metalens for compact quantum technologies
At the chemical level, diamonds are no more than carbon atoms aligned in a precise, three-dimensional (3D) crystal lattice. However, even...
Jun 11, 20195 min read


Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists
University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than...
Apr 23, 20193 min read


Harnessing photonics for at-home disease detection
In the not-too-distant future, each of us may have a simple device - small enough for our nightstand or our pocket - that keeps us...
Apr 4, 20192 min read
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