Cigarette may have started massive Whidbey Island firework explosion that destroyed homes

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — Fire investigators say there is evidence that a homeowner was smoking when 700 pounds of fireworks ...
C&EN

Ultra-Degree-of-Freedom Structured Light for Ultracapacity Information Carriers

Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department ...
C&EN

Optical Sensing and Imaging of pH Values: Spectroscopies, Materials, and Applications

This is the first comprehensive review on methods and materials for use in optical sensing of pH values and on applications of such sensors. The Review starts with an introduction that contains ...
Nature

‘Big Bang’ tomography as a new route to atomic-resolution electron tomography

Consider a coherent plane electron wave that interacts with a single atom. If we assume the atom to be a single point, it acts as a source for a spherical wave (Ewald sphere) that propagates to the ...