Nanoholes Improve Single-Molecule Analysis
Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have developed a nanostructured sample holder...
Liquid Enables Tunable Microlenses
Microlenses play an important role in numerous photonic applications, including imaging, optical...
Nanowires Form Electrically Driven Laser
A team of scientists at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., has developed an electrically...
Fiber Laser Produces 4.1 kW
Fiber lasers are becoming competitive with traditional flashlamp- or diode-pumped solid-state...
Doped Glass Enables Tiny Bar Codes
The ability to label chemicals, biological samples, explosives and currency with invisible ID tags...
Optimal Pulse Control Deciphered
Ultrafast laser pulses can control reactive pathways in chemicals. In a proposed strategy known as...
GaN-Free LEDs Offer UV Emission
Researchers at NTT Basic Research Laboratories and NEL TechnoSupport, both in Atsugi, Japan, have...
Single-Active-Layer Organic LED Yields 16,000 cd/m2
By incorporating a 6-nm-thick layer of Teflon, a single-active-layer organic LED fabricated at...
Integrating Cylinder Improves Smoke Detector
At Gunma University in Kiryu, Japan, researchers have demonstrated that the use of an integrating...
Laser Helps Produce and Power Microtools
A team of scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has reported the fabrication of an optically...
Tunneling Electrons Stimulate Individual Molecules
Using a scanning tunneling microscope, a research team at the University of California, Irvine, has...