Color Shifts for On-chip Photonics
On-chip nanophotonic devices are a type of device that can control light on a chip to achieve performance advantages over standard integrated photonics building blocks.…
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Roof Window-Maker VELUX Commits To Being Lifetime Carbon Neutral By 2041
The VELUX Group, a worldwide roof window maker, has upped the bar on what it means to be carbon neutral. Not only is the Danish-founded…
Perseverance’s Latest Mars Rock Sample Contains Curious Greenish Mineral
The Perseverance rover, which is still pootling around Mars sciencing the shit out of it, has just locked and loaded its third sample to bring…
Republican Bill Looks Federally Decriminalize Cannabis in US
A Republican congressional representative has filed legislation to decriminalize marijuana on a federal level in the United States, making it simpler for states to make…
Pacemaker Users have a Similar Survival Rate after Heart Valve Replacement
Long-term outcomes in patients who got pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through the groin were studied by researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet. A…
Scientist Reunites with Whale That Protected Her from Huge Shark
In an interview with BBC Earth, whale biologist Nan Hauser says, “I knew there was a potential I might easily be killed by this whale.”…
Orangutans Have Their Own Personal Artistic Styles That Can Change With the Seasons
According to a review of hundreds of paintings done by five female orangutans at Tama Zoological Park in Japan, nonhuman primates may make art that…
Unprecedented Egypt Storms Unleash Scorpion Attack, Killing Three and Injuring Hundreds
In the previous few days, the city of Aswan in southern Egypt has been hit by torrential rainfall and flooding. This already alarming occurrence –…
Three Snow Leopards Have Died Of COVID-19 in a Nebraska Zoo
The COVID-19 epidemic has claimed the lives of at least 5 million people, equating to more than 28 million wasted years of life, and as…
Type of Water Ice Hotter Than the Sun’s Surface Is a New Phase of Matter
There is a strong possibility you are envisioning ice when you think about cold temperatures. For us, ice is the archetypal “cold” object. However, under…
Score a Pre-Black Friday Doorbuster Deal on the Coolest 3D Printer for Your Kids
The most serious flaw with today’s toys is their limited appeal. It game over once something has been solved, constructed or beaten—literally. This leads video…
The Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse in 600 Years Is Happening This Week. Here’s How to Watch
The Sun, Earth, and Moon will nearly perfectly align this week, resulting in a partial lunar eclipse when Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon. It…
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