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First "Image of the Week" marks the start of International Year of Light and NSF-funded science
NSF will begin celebrating the International Year of Light with its "Image of the Week." This is the inaugural image in that campaign. This image spotlights work by NSF-funded researchers from the University at Buffalo, who have discovered a way to slow down or trap light within a microchip using alternating layers of ultra-thin metal, semiconductors and insulators.
Credit: Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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