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Catching the Light: Umbrella-shaped diamond nanostructures make efficient photon collectors

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 – Standard umbrellas come out when the sky turns dark, but in the nanoworld, umbrella shapes may be the next creative way […]

Mathematically Modeling the Mind

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 — Try to remember a phone number, and you’re using what’s called your sequential memory. This kind of memory, in which your […]

Quantum Coherent-like State Observed in a Biological Protein for the First Time

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 13, 2015 – If you take certain atoms and make them almost as cold as they possibly can be, the atoms will fuse into […]

New deposition technique enhances optoelectronic properties of lasers

Washington D.C., Oct. 13, 2015 — A simple new electron-beam multilayer deposition technique for creating intracavity contacts — an important component of gallium nitride-based (III-nitride) vertical-cavity surface-emitting […]

Double the (Quantum) Fun

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 6, 2015 — A single-electron transistor (SET) is an electrical device that takes advantage of a strange quantum phenomenon called tunneling to transport single […]

New Surfaces Delay Ice Formation

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 6, 2015 – If you’ve ever waited on an airport runway for your plane to be de-iced, had to remove all your food so […]

Extending a Battery’s Lifetime with Heat

Washington, D.C., October 1, 2015 — Don’t go sticking your electronic devices in a toaster oven just yet, but for a longer-lasting battery, you might someday heat […]

Milestone single-biomolecule imaging technique may advance drug design

Washington, D.C., September 28, 2015 –Knowing the detailed shape of biomolecules such as proteins is essential for biological studies and drug discovery. Modern structural biology relies on […]

Iron-gallium alloy shows promise as a power-generation device

Washington, D.C., Sep. 29, 2015 — An alloy first made nearly two decades ago by the U. S. Navy could provide an efficient new way to produce […]