Ghostly leisure reading for Memorial Day

May 24, 2013
ILS editorial advisor Dr. Ron Schaeffer recommends an article for Memorial Day leisure reading and contemplating.

Nashua, NH - ILS editorial advisor and blogger Dr. Ron Schaeffer recommends the following for Memorial Day leisure reading and contemplating:

"For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space. The easy-to-build lens could lead to improved photolithography, nanoscale manipulation and manufacturing, and even high-resolution three-dimensional imaging, as well as ..."

To continue reading, please visit http://www.nist.gov/cnst/20130523_flatlens.cfm

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