June 4/11, 2003   


   Shock waves tune light
Photonic crystals are all the rage in research circles these days because of their ability to channel and alter lightwaves. Researchers are beginning to look for ways to change, or tune, crystals on-the-fly. A simulation shows that adding a shock wave to the mix leads to a high degree of control over light -- a boon for telecommunications and solar energy.
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Artful displays track data
The Internet has made it easy to keep tabs on stocks, traffic, sports scores, the weather, and friends and associates. But the more you keep track of, the more you are interrupted. Moving this information off your computer screen and into your peripheral awareness could lighten the load. Crossing a computer screen with a painting could do the trick.

Plastic transistors go vertical
Plastic electronics make for interesting science, but the circuits need to get smaller to be useful. It turns out that driving a wedge into layers of plastic makes the clean cut needed for small plastic transistors. The transistors could find use in electronic paper and smart packaging.

Artificial beings evolve realistically
Digital stand-ins for DNA provide a new way of examining evolution. An artificial life simulation that uses a more realistic evolutionary process than previous software zeros in on gene redundancy and makes it easier to apply information theory to evolution. The upshot could be better software as well as better medicine.

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Microfluidics go nonlinear... Browser boosts brain interface... Semiconductor emits telecom light... 3D display widens view... Study shows DNA will fill tubes... DNA part makes transistor.




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