'Plug-and-play' plasmonic metafibers for ultrafast fiber lasers

Integrating plasmonic metasurfaces on optical fiber tips forming so-called metafibers enriches the functionalities of an ordinary…

From wound healing to regeneration

The phenomenon of regeneration was discovered over 200 years ago in the freshwater polyp Hydra. Until…

Less is more: Dimensionality reduction as a general strategy for more precise luminescence thermometry

Temperature and heat exchange are at the base of biological processes throughout the realm of Nature.…

More than 90% of identifiable trash in North Pacific Garbage Patch comes from just six countries

A team of researchers with the Ocean Cleanup project and Wageningen University, both in the Netherlands,…

Who would win in a fight between a great white shark and a blue whale?

One is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The other is a revered predator…

Serendipitous backyard experiment shines light on producing polymers

QUT researchers who conducted their experiment in a Brisbane backyard have found an unprecedented methodology for…

How election monitors and foreign interference in election processes can affect the public's perception of elections

Lauren Prather’s new book “Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections” has…

Gendered views on drinking: A tale of two prime ministers

Gendered expectations around alcohol are far from equal. Safety suggestions around alcohol and even the way…

Making stable molecules reactive with light

Researchers at Linköping University have used computer simulations to show that stable aromatic molecules can become…

Exploring the relationship between attosecond optical interference and attosecond quantum interference

A research team of RIKEN center for Advanced Photonics and the University of Tokyo has developed…