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Physics: General Physics: Optics Physics: Quantum Physics
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Photonic crystals bend light as though it were under the influence of gravity      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have theoretically predicted that light can be bent under pseudogravity. A recent study b ...

Computer Science: Quantum Computers Physics: General Physics: Optics Physics: Quantum Computing Physics: Quantum Physics
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The thinnest lens on Earth, enabled by excitons      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Lenses are used to bend and focus light. Normal lenses rely on their curved shape to achieve this ef ...

Space: The Solar System
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Worldwide observations confirm nearby 'lensing' exoplanet - Worldwide Observations Confirm Nearby 'Lensing' Exoplanet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers using telescopes around the world confirmed and characterized an exoplanet orbiting a ne...

Space: Exploration
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Robotic motion in curved space defies standard laws of physics - Robotic Motion in Curved Space Defies Standard Laws of Physics      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have proven that when bodies exist in curved spaces, they can in fact move without pushi...

Engineering: Nanotechnology Physics: Optics
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Bending 2D nanomaterial could 'switch on' future technologies - Bending 2D Nanomaterial Could 'Switch On' Future Technologies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Materials scientists have uncovered a property of ferroelectric 2D materials that could be exploited...

Space: Structures and Features
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A new method to detect exoplanets - A New Method to Detect Exoplanets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single 'normal' stars. New rese...

Space: Exploration
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Record broken: Hubble spots farthest star ever seen - Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of ...

Space: Cosmology
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First glimpse of what gravity looks like on cosmological scales - First Glimpse of What Gravity Looks Like on Cosmological Scales      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have reconstructed gravity to find a more robust way of understanding the cosmos. ABSTRAC...

Ecology: Endangered Species
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Plants between light and darkness - Plants Between Light and Darkness: Understanding How Plants Respond to Light      (via sciencedaily.com) 

How plants optimize photosynthesis under changing light conditions. ABSTRACT: Plants Between Light a ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General Biology: Microbiology Chemistry: Biochemistry
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How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Far from being stiff and pointy, a coronavirus's infectious spikes are shaped like chicken drumstick...

Physics: Optics
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Electronic metadevices break barriers to ultra-fast communications - Electronic Metadevices: Breaking Barriers to Ultra-Fast Communications      (via sciencedaily.com) 

EPFL researchers have come up with a new approach to electronics that involves engineering metastruc...