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Biosensing using Gold Nanorod Metamaterials

dhabachat wrote 1 month ago: Metamaterials are defined by Wikipedia as “–artificial materials engineered to provide p … more →

Tags: biosensor, nanoparticle, Transducer/Detection, gold nanorods, spr, Surface Plasmon Resonance

Chinese Science Sucks . . . Light!

Killian Bundy wrote 1 month ago: Researchers create portable black hole Physicists have created a black hole for light that can fit i … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, China, Science, Physics, solar cells, Hawking radiation, Quantum Glow, Gravity, John Pendry

Midweek roundup

Kristina wrote 1 month ago: Because posts will trickle in roughly once a week I think it’s only fair to bring up some of t … more →

Tags: Roundups, artificial black hole, Black Hole, Corvus, Crow, Depression, id, sex, sexual selection

Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab

liverpoollrc wrote 1 month ago: Cloaking technology used to create a region of space that allows microwaves in, but not out again.  … more →

Tags: CET, China, black holes, Southeast University in Nanjing, Qiang Cheng, Tie Jun Cui

TIME's Best Inventions of 2008

worddreams wrote 2 months ago: It’s almost time for Best Inventions of 2009 (if Time again publishes this list in October) so … more →

Tags: Research, DNA Computers, Science, Amazing Science, technology, Best Inventions, einstein's frig, shadowless skyscraper, DNA test

10 Uses for Metamaterials. Beyond Star Trek. Way Beyond Harry Potter. 2 comments

worddreams wrote 3 months ago: What the heck are ‘metamaterials’? ‘Meta’ means “above,” “after,” “beyond,” … more →

Tags: Amazing Science, Research, Science, Antennas, big bang, electromagnetic, invisibility

Researchers Come Close to 'Harry Potter-like' Portals

worddreams wrote 3 months ago: Invisibility cloaks and metamaterials are all over the scientific news lately. ‘Invisibility c … more →

Tags: Research, Science, Problem-solving, Amazing Science, invisibility cloak, Harry Potter

Even more invisibility cloak news

davidkirkpatrick wrote 3 months ago: Via KurzweilAI.net — I’ve long blogged on invisibility cloak technology, but it seems th … more →

Tags: Science, KurzweilAI.net, invisibility cloak, university of utah, cloaking technology

More cloaking news1 comment

davidkirkpatrick wrote 3 months ago: This isn’t really on my typical topic of invisibility cloaks, but it is a very interesting clo … more →

Tags: Science, Physical Review Letters, Optics Express, university of utah, cloaking technology

The Long Tail of Star Trek in Education

worddreams wrote 3 months ago: Because of my research into artificial intelligence and my geek habits (see About Me here and My Sto … more →

Tags: Research, Science, Amazing Science, Star Trek, invisibility, trekkies, star trek and education, star trek and science, SETI

The Science of Star Trek

worddreams wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been wrapped up in metamaterials, which are the real-life science behind Star Trek’ … more →

Tags: Research, Science, Problem-solving, magnetic signatures, Amazing Science, cloaking device, Star Trek, star wars, science of startrek

The Opposite of an Invisibility Cloak is...2 comments

worddreams wrote 4 months ago: …a Universal mirror. Using the same metamaterials I’ve discussed here and here as critic … more →

Tags: Research, Science, cloaking device, startrek, invisibility cloak, Weird Science

Startrek Science is no Longer Fiction3 comments

worddreams wrote 5 months ago: For those of you wow-ed by the invisibility properties of metamaterials, read this. Yet another Univ … more →

Tags: Research, Science, codes, Problem-solving, cloaking device, startrek, klingon, hide objects, hide light

Invisibility cloak plus

davidkirkpatrick wrote 5 months ago: Via KurzweilAI.net — I’ve done plenty of blogging on invisibility cloaking technology, a … more →

Tags: Science, technology, KurzweilAI.net, invisibility cloak, New Scientist Tech

Physics, Metamaterials and the Reality of Cloaking

Mark wrote 5 months ago: After being featured countless times in movies and books, the concept of cloaking is one of the most … more →

Tags: other science, cloaking, Physics, Science Fiction

Troythulu's Nu'z 1.15.54

Troythulu wrote 6 months ago: [1] Help wanted to write Book of Life; A virtual book of all life on earth is being created by U.K. … more →

Tags: news items, Science, News, Evolution, technology, Tech, Biology, Physics, Particle Physics

New Cloaking Technology

aszerdi wrote 6 months ago: Researchers of Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, US announced that they have created a new type … more →

Tags: Research & Development, cloak, cloaking, Electrical, Elements, Engineering, hyperlenses, Lenses, microscopes

The latest in cloaking tech

davidkirkpatrick wrote 6 months ago: I’ve done plenty of blogging on invisibility cloaking technology. Here’s a release from … more →

Tags: Science, technology, Purdue University, invisibility cloak, Physical Review Letters, transformation optics, BAE Systems, visible light spectrum

Invisibility cloak, plus1 comment

davidkirkpatrick wrote 6 months ago: Yep, news on invisibility cloaks  returns once again. This time with a twist — metamaterials t … more →

Tags: Science, technology, KurzweilAI.net, invisibility cloak, physics arXiv blog, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


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