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The Culprit of Some GaN Defects Could Be Nitrogen

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2018 — As silicon-based semiconductors reach their performance limits, gallium nitride (GaN) is becoming the next go-to material to advance light-emitting diode (LED) […]

THz Spectroscopy Could Help Explain Water’s Anomalies

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2018 — Liquid water sustains life on earth, but its physical properties remain mysterious among scientific researchers. Recently, a team of Swiss researchers […]

New Material for Splitting Water

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2018 — Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn’t shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through […]

Does Living Near Wind Turbines Negatively Impact Human Health?

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 — Wind turbines are a source of clean renewable energy, but some people who live nearby describe the shadow flicker, the audible […]

Blowing Bubbles for Cancer Treatment

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 — Embolization — the use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth — has gained traction […]

Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2018 — Nanoscientists at Northwestern University have developed a blueprint to fabricate new heterostructures from different types of 2-D materials. 2-D materials are […]

The Price of Chaos: A New Model Virtually Pits New Investors Against Experienced Ones

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2018 — Financial investing attracts a range of casual neophytes to Wall Street financiers. Variation in expertise and risk-taking behaviors among investors regularly […]

The Vessel Not Taken: Understanding Disproportionate Blood Flow

Each time a blood vessel splits into smaller vessels, red blood cells (RBCs) are presented with the same decision: Take the left capillary or the right. While […]

A Better Way to Control Crystal Vibrations

The vibrational motion of an atom in a crystal propagates to neighboring atoms, which leads to wavelike propagation of the vibrations throughout the crystal. The way in […]