News articles tagged with 'polarisation'
Integral spots matter a millisecond from doom
— 28 Mar 2011 18:07 | AstronomyESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has spotted extremely hot matter just a millisecond before it plunges into the oblivion of a black hole. But is it really doomed? These unique observations…
Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips
— 15 Mar 2011 19:59 | TechnologyEngineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more…
Development team achieves 1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
— 1 Mar 2011 18:45 | TechnologyWith worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities…
Putting a spin on light and atoms
— 17 Sep 2010 09:53 | PhysicsMagnetometers come in many shapes and sizes - an ordinary hand-held compass is the simplest - but alkali-vapour magnetometers are extrasensitive devices that measure magnetic fields…
Probing the dark side of the universe
— 21 May 2010 11:03 | AstronomyAdvancing into the next frontier in astrophysics and cosmology depends on our ability to detect the presence of a particular type of wave in space, a primordial gravitational wave.…
Caltech-led team designs novel negative-index metamaterial that responds to visible light
— 24 Apr 2010 11:16 | TechnologyA group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material - a metamaterial - with a particular…
New path to solar energy via solid-state photovoltaics
— 1 Apr 2010 11:00 | TechnologyA newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…
Nano imagining takes turn for the better
— 4 Feb 2010 12:05 | TechnologyStephan Link wants to understand how nanomaterials align, and his lab's latest work is a step in the right direction…
JQI researchers create entangled photons from quantum dots
— 21 Nov 2009 11:28 | TechnologyTo exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement - the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely…
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
— 3 Nov 2009 09:02 | AstronomyA detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist…