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Collecting real-time data about material microstructural evolution during radiation exposure

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — It may be surprising to learn that much remains unknown about radiation’s effects on materials. To find answers, Massachusetts Institute of […]

Deconstructing Osmosis Provides Insight for Medical and Industrial Use

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2017 — Osmosis, the fluid phenomenon responsible for countless slug deaths at the hands of mischievous children, is fundamentally important not only to […]

Engaging Diamond for Next-Era Transistors

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2017 — As consumers around the world have become increasingly dependent on electronics, the transistor, a semiconductor component central to the operation of […]

Managing Stress Helps Transistor Performance

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2017 — Tensile mechanical stress can have a useful effect for some transistors, where the resulting atomic strain allows its current-carrying electron-hole pairs […]

Can the Motion of Checking Your Smartwatch Charge It?

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2017 — Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are small devices that convert movement into electricity, and might just be what bring us into an era […]

Looking at Light to Explore Superconductivity in Boron-Diamond Films

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2017 — More than a decade ago, researchers discovered that when they added boron to the carbon structure of diamond, the combination was […]

‘Inverse Designing’ Spontaneously Self-Assembling Materials

WASHINGTON, D.C., May, 09, 2017 — Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are exploring how molecular simulations with the latest optimization strategies can create a […]

How Fluids Flow Through Shale

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 — Most of the world’s oil and natural gas reserves may be locked up inside the tiny pores comprising shale rock. But […]

Why Space Dust Emits Radio Waves Upon Crashing Into a Spacecraft

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 — When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving particles of space dust and debris. If the particle […]