Semiconductor funnel could boost solar cells
Band-gap engineering increases photon absorption
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Light bends itself round corners
Beams travel along parabolic and elliptical paths
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Ultralight fractal structures could bear heavy loads
Structures could be easily fabricated using 3D printing techniques
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Quantum-dot photodetector offers short cut for electrons
New device dispenses with conventional thin-film architecture
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Smart cloak deforms to keep objects invisible
Broadband device shields objects from microwaves
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Single fibre sees where no endoscope has gone before
Instrument can make holographic measurements of tissue with micron resolution
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Silvery fish fool predators with their skin
Biological cloaking could be applied to optical devices
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Chip puts a twist on light
Optical vortices from tiny devices could boost quantum computers
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Nanolayers make a coating of many colours
Semiconductor film changes hue with thickness
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Gossamer ‘nanoweb’ blocks light
Counterintuitive result might lead to new optical devices
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