Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) are widely used for X-ray focusing and imaging thanks to their compactness and high resolution compared to refractive or mirror-based X-ray optics. However, achieving high ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)’s Board of Governors has approved a major overhaul of its pattern day trading (PDT) rules, marking a critical shift in how active retail trading ...

This paper presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date panel dataset on global trade invoicing currency and examines recent pattern shifts with a focus on geopolitical alignment. Using data for 132 ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

Researchers use metal-organic frameworks to fine-tune moire patterns, paving the way for advances in superconductivity, photonics, and quantum technologies. Until now, controlling the exact scale of ...

A pioneering team at the University of Maryland has captured the first-ever images of atomic thermal vibrations, unlocking an unseen world of motion within two-dimensional materials. Their innovative ...

For the most part, voting patterns across demographic groups in the 2024 presidential election were not substantially different from the 2020 and 2016 elections. But Donald Trump’s gains among several ...

The Oakley Encoder sunglasses have sat proudly at the top of our best cycling glasses for over three years. There have been many sunglasses which have challenged for the title, but the Encoder has ...

Abstract: Overlay accuracy is a fundamental indicator of a photolithography machine performance. Misalignment between the mask and wafer is the main factor affecting overlay accuracy. The ...