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Using data on electromagnetic (EM) waves and plasma particles measured simultaneously via multiple satellites, an international collaborative research group has discovered the existence of invisible ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The propagation of light can be radically controlled with tailor-made nanostructures, called photonic crystals. The main feature of such crystals is a forbidden gap: waves with ...

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[Stoppi] always has interesting blog posts and videos, even when we don’t understand all the German in them. The latest? Computer simulation of wave propagation (Google Translate link), which, if ...

How piezoelectric materials are used to create a defined acoustic field. How this field, in turn, is used to develop modulate an electric field. How the combined acoustic and electric fields can ...

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