Simplified modal method explores deeper into broad and high-efficiency gratings

Owing to the excellent dispersion ability, diffraction gratings are playing an important role in widespread fields…

Scientists propose reliable viral labeling strategy for visualization of EV71 infection

Researchers led by Prof. Cai Lintao from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the…

Researchers develop acoustic cylindrical shell to measure liquid properties

Researchers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed…

NASA Releases Concept Images of All-Electric X-57 in Final Configuration

These concept art images depict NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, in several phases of…

Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe

The expansion of the Universe has occupied the minds of astronomers and astrophysicists for decades. Among…

Could the social distancing of COVID-19 revolutionize online learning and higher education?

As the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus prompted residential colleges to suspend classroom instruction, many…

Countering arable land degradation: The waste that woke the soil

Soil is a natural resource that we often overlook and abuse just because of its supposed…

Mathematical epidemiology: How to model a pandemic

Disease has afflicted humans ever since there have been human. Malaria and tuberculosis are thought to…

Experts in evolution explain why social distancing feels so unnatural

For many people, the most distressing part of the coronavirus pandemic is the idea of social…

New fabrication approach paves way to low cost mid-infrared lasers useful for sensing

For the first time, researchers have fabricated high-performance mid-infrared laser diodes directly on microelectronics-compatible silicon substrates.…