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Populism and Internet Memes
Richard Dawkins, who coined the word “meme” long before the idea of internet memes, defined the word as a small cultural unit which can regenerate itself from one brain to another like genes do, to survive. Th...
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Populism, OTTs, and Stardom: Demystifying the Aura
Populism, referring to a political approach that seeks to cater to ordinary people, often counters the traditional institutions and elitist discourses. OTT, on the other hand, stands for “Over-The-Top” and ref...
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Populism and Culture Jamming
With the growing influence and hegemony of globalization and capitalism, critiques of such forces are also becoming equally palpable. In this context, “culture jamming” refers to a political and social practic...
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Open AccessA versatile high-average-power ultrafast infrared driver tailored for high-harmonic generation and vibrational spectroscopy
We report on an ultrafast infrared optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA), pumped by a 200-W thin-disk Yb-based regenerative amplifier at a repetition rate of 100 kHz. The OPCPA is tunable in the s...
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Open AccessLuminous, relativistic, directional electron bunches from an intense laser driven grating plasma
Bright, energetic, and directional electron bunches are generated through efficient energy transfer of relativistic intense (~ 1019 W/cm2), 30 femtosecond, 800 nm high contrast laser pulses to grating targets (50...
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Open AccessA spatio-spectral polarization analysis of 1 µm-pumped bulk supercontinuum in a cubic crystal (YAG)
We present the first systematic study of the spatio-spectral polarization properties of a supercontinuum generated in a cubic crystal, yttrium–aluminum garnet (YAG), including a full spectral analysis of the w...
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Practical aspects of structural and dynamic DNA nanotechnology
DNA nanostructures are a set of materials with well-defined physical, chemical, and biological properties that can be used on their own or incorporated with other materials for many applications. Herein, the p...
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A spatially localized architecture for fast and modular DNA computing
Cells use spatial constraints to control and accelerate the flow of information in enzyme cascades and signalling networks. Synthetic silicon-based circuitry similarly relies on spatial constraints to process ...
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Open AccessMicron-scale map** of megagauss magnetic fields using optical polarimetry to probe hot electron transport in petawatt-class laser-solid interactions
The transport of hot, relativistic electrons produced by the interaction of an intense petawatt laser pulse with a solid has garnered interest due to its potential application in the development of innovative ...
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Open AccessMagnetic turbulence in a table-top laser-plasma relevant to astrophysical scenarios
Turbulent magnetic fields abound in nature, pervading astrophysical, solar, terrestrial and laboratory plasmas. Understanding the ubiquity of magnetic turbulence and its role in the universe is an outstanding ...
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Open AccessContrasting levels of absorption of intense femtosecond laser pulses by solids
The absorption of ultraintense, femtosecond laser pulses by a solid unleashes relativistic electrons, thereby creating a regime of relativistic optics. This has enabled exciting applications of relativistic pa...
