Silicon core gives optical fibres a molecular view
Medical sensors could get a boost from a new kind of optical fibre with a core of silicon rather...
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Hot nanotube sheets produce music on demand
Sheets made of carbon nanotubes behave like a loudspeaker when zapped with a varying electric...
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Smart amoebas reveal origins of primitive intelligence
Amoebas are smarter than they look, and a team of US physicists think they know why. The group has built a simple electronic circuit that is capable of the same “intelligent” behaviour as Physarum, a unicellular organism – and say this could help us understand the origins of primitive intelligence. Image: PROYECTO AGUA** /** WATER PROJECT
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Two-faced approach creates solar cells to dye for
Solar cells could become cheaper and more efficient, thanks to a cheap dye-based design that can...
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Vortex physics revealed by computer game graphics
State-of-the-art computer graphic systems developed for movies and games have made it possible to...
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