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Transparent tech harvests energy from radio waves, sunlight for self-powering devices
In a major development, researchers have created a transparent device that can harvest energy from both radio waves and ...
Space.com1y
The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time
In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way. Astronomers have heard the faint hum of ...
CNN1y
Astronomers ‘hear’ the celestial choir of gravitational waves for the first time
“This is the first-ever evidence for the gravitational wave background. We’ve opened a new window of observation on the universe.” The gravitational wave background, a kind of cosmic noise ...
The Washington Post4mon
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea
The very fabric of the cosmos is constantly being roiled and rumpled all around us, according to multiple international teams of scientists that have independently found compelling evidence for ...
Phys.org15y
A see-through surprise: Scientists make solid material transparent to terahertz waves
"It went from opaque to transparent." They found that in a magnetic field, the doped indium antimonide, a solid-state plasma, transmitted circularly polarized waves that interfered with each other.
PBS1y
Was the Gravitational Wave Background Finally Discovered?!?
The gravitational wave background has probably been detected using a pulsar timing array. A few weeks ago a large team of gravitational wave astronomers announced something pretty wild - pervasive ...