We’ve seen just about every possible way to make a clock here at Hackaday over the years. So it’s rare to have a first, but here we are with [Twisted & Tinned], who’s made a novel clock with a ...

A new nanopatterned structure based on sub-wavelength physics has proved its value in a real-world setting, and it could ...

A laser pointer shining on a diffraction grating or CD creates a series of diffraction spots depending on the spacing of the lines or pits in the grating or CD and the wavelength emitted by the laser.

Materials scientists at Rice University have developed a new workflow methodology for measuring microscopic defects in ...

X-ray diffraction methods lie at the foundation of materials science. Determination of the crystal structures of natural minerals and, later, of crystals grown in the laboratory led to our ...

IF a fine beam of homogeneous cathode rays is sent nearly normally through a thin celluloid film (of the order 3 × 10 6 cm. thick) and then received on a photographic plate 10 cm. away and parallel to ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

As a hobby, 3D printing is exploding in popularity, but one problem with FDM printing has remained unsolved for years, but ...