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New Diode Features Optically Controlled Capacitance

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6, 2017 — A team of researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology has developed a new capacitor with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) diode structure […]

Dissolving the Challenge: Open-Source Approach Provides Faster, Better Solubility Predictions

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6, 2017 — The solubility of any given substance — the measure of how well the substance dissolves into another substance referred to as […]

The Synchronized Dance of Skyrmion Spins

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 — In recent years, excitement has swirled around a type of quasi-particle called a skyrmion that arises as a collective behavior of […]

Neutron Lifetime Measurements Take New Shape for In situ Detection

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 — All matter making up the stars, our planet and life upon it came into existence 13.8 billion years ago as a […]

Magnetoelectric Memory Cell Increases Energy Efficiency for Data Storage

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 — Today’s computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but writing and retrieving this information expends […]

Atomic Structure of Irradiated Materials is More Akin to Liquid than Glass

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — Materials exposed to neutron radiation tend to experience significant damage, leading to the containment challenges involved in immobilizing nuclear waste or […]

Neptune: Neutralizer-Free Plasma Propulsion

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer […]

Understanding Stars: How Tornado-shaped Flow in a Dynamo Strengthens the Magnetic Field

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — The massive, churning core of conducting liquids in stars and some planets creates a dynamo that generates the planetary body’s magnetic […]

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 […]