Category archives: Technology

MI weekly selection #24

MI weekly selection #24

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Graphene shown to produce ultrashort laser pulses Researchers have discovered that graphene can absorb light over a broad range of wavelengths, allowing it to be used to create ultrashort laser pulses of color. The discovery could mean that graphene, a thin, strong conductive material, could be used to create small, economical ultrashort-pulse lasers used in […]

Robotic flies manage to fly

Robotic flies manage to fly

Robotics

By Carlos Casanueva

Some years ago, with a sudden and drastic reduction on the number of honeybees, scientists realized that if these insects disappeared it would be the end of agriculture as we understand it, as they are the main drivers of agricultural pollination in the US . But would we be able to replace these pollinators with […]

MI weekly selection #22

MI weekly selection #22

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Pear-shaped nuclei in some atoms may help explain antimatter Researchers have used a particle accelerator called REX-ISOLDE at CERN in Switzerland to discover an atom with pear-shaped nuclei. The discovery could lead scientists to extend the Standard Model in physics and help to explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe. LiveScience […]