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Giant Charge Reversal Observed For the First Time

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2017 — Charged surfaces submerged in an electrolyte solution can sometimes become oppositely charged. This nonintuitive phenomenon, known as charge inversion, happens when […]

Even Droplets Sometimes Take the Stairs

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11, 2017 — Sometimes, liquid drops don’t drop. Instead, they climb. Using computer simulations, researchers have now shown how to induce droplets to climb […]

Simulating Splash at the Microscopic Level

Washington, D.C., July 11, 2017 — Spray cooling is one of the most promising methods for cooling high heat flow electronics. Two-phase spray cooling, in particular, has […]

Thinking Thin Brings New Layering and Thermal Abilities to the Semiconductor Industry

WASHINGTON, D.C., July, 11, 2017 — What would a simple technique to remove thin layers from otherwise thick, rigid semiconductor crystals mean for the semiconductor industry? This […]

Strange Silk: Why Rappelling Spiders Don’t Spin Out of Control

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2017 — The last time you watched a spider drop from the ceiling on a line of silk, it likely descended gracefully on […]

Vortex-Antivortex Pairs Found in Magnetic Trilayers

WASHINGTON, D.C., June, 28, 2017 — A international team of researchers has discovered magnetic vortex-antivortex pairs arising from correlated electron spins in a newly engineered trilayer material. […]

Cow Herd Behavior is Fodder for Complex Systems Analysis

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2017 — The image of grazing cows in a field has long conjured up a romantic nostalgia about a relaxed pace of rural […]

Illuminating a better way to calculate excitation energy

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2017 — Glow sticks, like those brandished by trick-or-treaters and partygoers, light up due to excited electrons of the molecules in the contained […]

New Metrology Technique Measures Electric Fields

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2017 — In the last decades, mobile phones and other wireless devices have become central features of life around the globe. These devices […]