To infinity and beyond: Light goes infinitely fast with new on-chip material

In this zero-index material -- made of silicon pillar arrays embedded in a polymer matrix and clad in gold film -- there is no phase a...

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Artificial Skin Lets Person Feel Pressure

Human finger touches robotic finger. The transparent plastic and black device on the golden "fingertip" is the skin-like se...

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Tiny Carbon-capturing Motors May Help Tackle Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels

Nanoengineers have invented tiny tube-shaped micromotors that zoom around in water and efficiently remove carbon dioxide. The sur...

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Scientists Break Distance Record for Quantum Teleportation

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "teleported" or transferred quantum inform...

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Permanent data storage with light

All-optical data memory: ultra-short light pulses make the GST material change from crystalline to amorphous and back. Weak light pu...

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