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Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device
A novel method of beam steering enables a large field of view and reliable single chip light detection and ranging (lidar) by utilizing a mass-produced digital micromirror... -
Horizontal gene transfer is not a hallmark of the human genome
Abstract Crisp et al. recently reported that 145 human genes have been horizontally transferred from distant species. Here, I re-analyze those genes listed by Crisp et al. as... -
Prophages and adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 to the human clinic
Abstract Background It has been suggested that prophages in the ST398 S. aureus clone are responsible for expanding ST398's spectrum of action and increasing its ability to... -
A novel nonsense mutation in the tyrosinase gene is related to the albinism i...
Abstract Background Oculocutaneous Albinism (OCA) is an autosomal recessive inherited condition that affects the pigmentation of eyes, hair and skin. The OCA phenotype may be... -
Observation of Poynting’s vector reversal in an active photonic cavity
Optical power flow along an active cavity having net gain can differ dramatically from that in a passive cavity. We report the first observation of Poynting’s vector reversal in... -
Spontaneous pattern formation in a cavity with incoherent light
We present the first experimental observation of spontaneous pattern formation in a nonlinear optical cavity in which the circulating light is both spatially and temporally... -
An Avida-ED digital evolution curriculum for undergraduate biology
Abstract We present an inquiry-based curriculum based on the digital evolution platform Avida-ED ( http://avida-ed.msu.edu ). We designed an instructional sequence and lab book... -
Using highly uniform and smooth selenium colloids as low-loss magnetodielectr...
We systematically analyzed the magnetodielectric resonances of Se colloids for the first time in an attempt to utilize them as building blocks for all-dielectric optical... -
Genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic analysis of two temperate phages in Rose...
Abstract Background Marine phages are spectacularly diverse in nature. Dozens of roseophages infecting members of Roseobacter clade bacteria were isolated and characterized,... -
Negative effective permeability and left-handed materials at optical frequencies
We present here the design of nano-inclusions made of properly arranged collections of plasmonic metallic nano-particles that may exhibit a resonant magnetic dipole collective... -
Measuring thermal behavior in smaller insects: a case study in <i>Drosophila ...
Measuring thermal behavior in smaller insects is particularly challenging. In this study, we describe a new horizontal thermal gradient apparatus designed to study adult thermal... -
Public health surveillance in the UK revolutionises our understanding of the ...
Abstract Background The ST313 sequence type of Salmonella Typhimurium causes invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis and was thought to be confined to sub-Saharan Africa. Two... -
Ultra-high resolution coded wavefront sensor
Wavefront sensors and more general phase retrieval methods have recently attracted a lot of attention in a host of application domains, ranging from astronomy to scientific... -
Characterizing ice particles using two-dimensional reflections of a lidar beam
This is an Open Access article published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain... -
Discrete interband mutual focusing in nonlinear photonic lattices
We study nonlinear coupling of mutually incoherent beams associated with different Floquet-Bloch waves in a one-dimensional optically-induced photonic lattice. We demonstrate... -
All-optical nanopositioning of high-Q silica microspheres
A tunable, all-optical, coupling method is realised for a high-Q silica microsphere and an optical waveguide. By means of a novel optical nanopositioning method, induced thermal... -
Widespread activation of antisense transcription of the host genome during he...
Abstract Background Herpesviruses can infect a wide range of animal species. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is one of the eight herpesviruses that can infect humans and is... -
Impact of e-publication changes in the International Code of Nomenclature for...
Abstract Background At the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne, Australia (IBC), the botanical community voted to allow electronic... -
Using smartphones to decrease substance use via self-monitoring and recovery ...
Abstract Background Alcohol abuse, other substance use disorders, and risk behaviors associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represent three of the top 10... -
Multiplex PCR assay discriminates rabbit, rat and squirrel meat in food chain
Rabbit meat is receiving increasing attention because it contains a high level of proteins with relatively little fat. On the other hand, squirrel meat is served in upper-class...
