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  "id": 6622244,
  "title": "Ultrathin silicon structures can tune mid-IR light in billionths of a second",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/ultrathin-silicon-structures-can-tune-mid-ir-light-in-billionths-of-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-10T18:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ultrathin-silicon-tune-mid-ir.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Light in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum plays a key role in modern sensing. Because molecules interact with this kind of light in specific ways, researchers use technologies like mid-IR spectroscopy to identify biological materials, drugs and pollutants. Mid-IR light can also serve as a carrier of information in free-space optical communications, where data are…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}