The Physics of Ocean Undertow
WASHINGTON D.C. May 13, 2014 — People standing on a beach often feel the water tugging the sand away from under their feet. This is the undertow, […]
Predator-Prey Made Simple
WASHINGTON D.C. May 6, 2014 — A team of U.K. researchers has developed a way to dramatically reduce the complexity of modeling “bistable” systems which involve the […]
Working to Cure ‘Dry Eye’ Disease
WASHINGTON D.C. May 6, 2014 — The eye is an exquisitely sensitive system with many aspects that remain somewhat of a mystery—both in the laboratory and in […]
Proving Uncertainty: New Insight into Old Problem
WASHINGTON D.C., April 29, 2014 — Nearly 90 years after Werner Heisenberg pioneered his uncertainty principle, a group of researchers from three countries has provided substantial new […]
Vacuum Ultraviolet Lamp of the Future Created in Japan
WASHINGTON D.C., April 22, 2014 — A team of researchers in Japan has developed a solid-state lamp that emits high-energy ultraviolet (UV) light at the shortest wavelengths […]
High-Performance, Low-Cost Ultracapacitors Built with Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes
WASHINGTON D.C., April 22, 2014 — By combining the powers of two single-atom-thick carbon structures, researchers at the George Washington University’s Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory have created […]
Sensitive Detection Method May Help Impede Illicit Nuclear Trafficking
WASHINGTON D.C., April 15, 2014 — According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the greatest danger to nuclear security comes from terrorists acquiring sufficient quantities of […]
Device Turns Flat Surface into Spherical Antenna
WASHINGTON D.C., April 14, 2014 — By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, a team of researchers in China has created […]
Is the Power Grid too Big?
WASHINGTON D.C., April 8, 2014 — Some 90 years ago, British polymath J.B.S. Haldane proposed that for every animal there is an optimal size — one which […]