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Diamonds Show Promise for Spintronic Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2018 — Conventional electronics rely on controlling electric charge. Recently, researchers have been exploring the potential for a new technology, called spintronics, that […]

Advances in Lasers Get to the Long and Short of it

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 24, 2018 — Since lasers were first developed, the demand for more adaptable lasers has only increased. Chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs) are an […]

New Oxide and Semiconductor Combination Builds New Device Potential

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 10, 2018 — Insulating oxides are oxygen containing compounds that do not conduct electricity, but can sometimes form conductive interfaces when they’re layered together […]

Silver Nanoparticles Take Spectroscopy to New Dimension

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2018 — As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a […]

Locating the Precise Reaction Path: Methane Dissociation on Platinum

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2018 — Transition-metal catalysts, such as nickel and cobalt, are widely used in industry to produce hydrogen and other useful compounds from natural […]

An Organ-On-A-Chip Device That Models Heart Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2018 — When studying diseases or testing potential drug therapies, researchers usually turn to cultured cells on Petri dishes or experiments with lab […]

Alaskan Microgrids Offer Energy Resilience and Independence

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 21, 2017 — The electrical grid in the contiguous United States is a behemoth of interconnected systems. If one section fails or is sabotaged, […]

Using the Dark Side of Excitons for Quantum Computing

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20, 2017 — To build tomorrow’s quantum computers, some researchers are turning to dark excitons, which are bound pairs of an electron and the […]

Acoustic Device Makes Piezoelectrics Sing to a Different Tune

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2017 — In today’s “internet of things,” devices connect primarily over short ranges at high speeds, an environment in which surface acoustic wave […]