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Engineers Prove There's No Such Thing as a Silent Film
A new supersensitive visual microphone turns minute vibrations into acoustic information.
Now Lasers Can Tell You When Fruit Is Ripe
That’s good for preventing that fruit from rotting in your fridge, but it’s even better for farmers.
How To Stop Light and Make Objects Transparent
New research offers hope for optical cloaking and much more.
What a Laser Bullet Would Actually Look Like
Physicists capture on film high-energy pulses lasting just a millionth of a billionth of a second.
Today's Super-Fast LED Lights Might Mean Tomorrow's Quantum Communication
For the light-based communication of the future, it just takes a plasmonic patch antenna, two silver nanocubes, and a bit of gold.
A New Imaging System Beats the Human Eye 12 Times Over
Besting the evolutionary marvel that is human vision.
The Effects of Cocaine on Blood Flow in the Brain
A new imaging technique captured the flow of blood in the brain of a mouse chronically exposed to cocaine.
The Ugly Fall of Donald Sterling
The Clippers' owner lost a court battle, but the bad feelings he stirred up linger in the air.
Chris Kluwe, Tony Dungy, and the Pains of Not Playing the PR Game
In the NFL, you can say whatever you like as long as you know how to say it.
It's Hard To Believe These Kaleidoscopic Photos Weren't Made On A Computer
Design duo Lightning and Kinglyface's collaboration with photographer Ryan Hopkins reminds us how easily we fall for optical illusions.
Transparent Animals Make Transfixing Art
A clearing agent used by scientists to study specimens is being taken outside the lab.