Catching butterflies in the sky: Extended catalog of winged or X-shaped radio sources from the latest FIRST data release

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Kavli Affiliate: Xuebing Wu | First 5 Authors: Xiaolong Yang, Ravi Joshi, Gopal-Krishna, Tao An, Luis C. Ho | Summary: We present a catalog of 290 "winged" or X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) extracted from the latest (2014 December 17) data release of the "Very Large Array Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeter." […]


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Structural Color 3D Printing By Shrinking Photonic Crystals

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Kavli Affiliate: Julia R. Greer | First 5 Authors: Yejing Liu, Hao Wang, Jinfa Ho, Ryan C. Ng, Ray J. H. Ng | Summary: The rings, spots and stripes found on some butterflies, Pachyrhynchus weevils, and many chameleons are notable examples of natural organisms employing photonic crystals to produce colorful patterns. Despite advances in nanotechnology, […]


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