Science news articles about 'grating'

  • Using a grating with a grade, engineers trap a rainbow

    ... of optical structures so they can be integrated at the nanoscale with electronic devices. "Our grating structure can also be scaled to telecommunications frequencies for future possible applications ...
  • Undergrad has sweet success with invention of artificial Golgi

    ... , helping eliminate the possibility of contamination he explained. “I am very grateful to have the privilege of working with Dr. Linhardt who has discovered the recipe to make fully synthetic heparin ...
  • Modeling how we see natural scenes

    ... Neuron. “By creating an encoding model from a set of experiments involving sinusoidal gratings at different mean luminances and contrasts, and subsequently demonstrating that this model predicts the ...
  • Relocation of endangered Chinese turtle may save species

    ... ,” said Colin Poole, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Asia Programs. “We are extremely grateful to our conservation partners both in China and here in the U.S. who made this historic ...
  • Tracking influenza's every movement

    ... with people from all of these disciplines. The Santa Fe Institute is one of the few places that could have gestated such work and I am immensely grateful for the 5 years I spent at SFI.”
  • Where mathematics and astrophysics meet

    ... is one of the most exciting experiences I have had in my life." Neumann is just as enthusiastic, and is grateful to Kansas State physicist Larry Weaver, who helped her to understand the physics of ...
  • Sexual violence study finds NY teens victimized at rate higher than national average

    ... shadows for far too long, and encourage more young people to seek help when they are victimized. We are grateful to the New York City Council for funding this landmark study and to the New York City ...
  • Local elite rule over small villages in Indonesia

    ... by adhering to the local traditions and by avoiding direct confrontations. At the same time they gratefully accepted all possible advantages of missionary work and the state. The local population sees ...
  • 'Mind's eye' influences visual perception

    ... which are strongly represented in the primary visual areas of the brain. They then presented a green horizontal grated pattern to one eye and a red vertical grated pattern to the other to induce what ...
  • Current Mindset Impacts Future Perception Also

    ... which are strongly represented in the primary visual areas of the brain. They then presented a green horizontal grated pattern to one eye and a red vertical grated pattern to the other to induce what ...
  • Learning to talk to teens about sex -- while at work

    ... when parents are distracted with their kids' sexual health issues." Parents were equally grateful. "Parents are desperate for advice on how to talk with their kids about sex," Schuster says. "I get ...
  • VIDEO: "Annoying" Bird Mimics Sirens

    Having mastered some of the world's most grating sounds—sirens, cell phone ringtones—a blackbird is irritating Britons with its powers of mimicry.
  • Old eyes can learn new tricks; findings offer hope for adults with 'lazy eye'

    ... of at least 30 minutes. That improvement was measured by showing them two patches of grating, one with lots of fine detail and the other with thicker, easier-to-see lines. After rTMS, people needed ...
  • 'Edible optics' could make food safer

    ... purified silk protein solution was ultimately poured onto negative molds of ruled and holographic diffraction gratings with spacing as fine as 3600 grooves/mm. The cast silk solution was air dried to ...
  • Photonic crystal biosensors detect protein-DNA interactions

    ... and computer engineering, the photonic crystal biosensors consist of a low-refractive-index polymer grating coated with a film of high-refractive-index titanium oxide, attached to the bottom of a ...

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