[H]ardNews 7th Edition

Zero-Mode Waveguides:

Wrap your brain around this. A single-mode waveguide is a hole small enough to allow one wavelength of light through. A multi-mode waveguide can allow several wavelengths of light through it. The one recently developed here is ten times smaller than a single-mode... the best part is they have pictures of the waveguides. Blair hooked me up with this one.

A group of researchers at Cornell University here perforated the top layer of a chip with two million "holes" that serve as nanoscale waveguides for a 488-nanometer laser, allowing them to film individual molecules during chemical reactions. Professor Watt Webb's group put 40-nanometer holes in the aluminum top layer of a 25 millimeter square chip. "Conventional wisdom would tell you that this is not a single- or multimode waveguide, since its size is ten times smaller than the light going through it. Rather, we call it a zero-mode waveguide,"

Teleportation A Reality?

Is teleportation a reality? Well, yes…kinda. I can’t wait for the day when teleportation is everyday stuff…you know, like "damn I’m late for work", *poof* and you are there.

It's not quite "Star Trek" — for Captain Kirk, read a batch of light particles — but teleportation is making headway. From an idea that was only considered practicable 10 years ago, scientists on Thursday say they have succeeded in teleporting laser photons over two kilometers (1.25 miles), the biggest distance yet achieved.

Time Waster:

Here is a pretty cool time wasting shockwave game. Not that we would encourage you to waste time playing games on a Friday…or any day for that matter, we are simply putting the information out there. Blame Banditt for this one.

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