Abstract: Rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) is a highly effective approach for tackling the diffraction problem encountered in periodic micro- and nano-structures. This letter proposes an enhanced ...

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Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental and Biological Science, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland Guangdong Provincial ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics honors three quantum physicists—John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis—for their study of quantum mechanics in a macroscopic electrical circuit. Since the ...

Three physicists, including a pair of University of California, Santa Barbara professors, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for essentially bridging the gap between the invisible ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. OSLO — The awarding Friday of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado brought ...

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Scientists still don’t know what dark matter is. It doesn’t interact with any electromagnetic force or regular matter except through the gravitational force it exerts. A research team has a come up ...

Here’s some bitter news to sip on. Microplastics are impossible to avoid, lurking in everything from the food you eat and the water you drink to the clothes you wear and the cosmetics you apply. Now, ...