Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2024 – Oil spills are deadly disasters for ocean ecosystems. They can have lasting impacts on fish and marine mammals for decades and wreak […]
Droplet Levitation Is a New Way To Explore Airborne Viruses and Microorganisms
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 – Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations […]
The Roly-Poly Gold Rush
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2023 – The woodlouse goes by many names: roly-poly, pill bug, potato bug, tomato bug, butchy boy, cheesy bob, and chiggy pig, to name […]
Improving Image Sensors for Machine Vision
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2022 – Image sensors measure light intensity, but angle, spectrum, and other aspects of light must also be extracted to significantly advance machine vision. […]
Solar Cell Keeps Working Long After Sun Sets
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2022 – About 750 million people in the world do not have access to electricity at night. Solar cells provide power during the day, […]
New Findings Proliferate Questions About Hypothetical Axionic Behavior in Weyl Semimetals
WASHINGTON, February 8, 2022 — The axion is a particle that physicists have hypothesized for decades. It has garnered attention in recent years for its potential involvement […]
Teaching Robots to Think Like Us
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2021 — Can intelligence be taught to robots? Advances in physical reservoir computing, a technology that makes sense of brain signals, could contribute […]
Combining Perovskite with Silicon, Solar Cells Convert More Energy from Sun
WASHINGTON, August 17, 2021 — Many countries around the world are committed to reducing emissions or reaching net-zero emissions to meet the United Nations’ climate goals of […]
Quantum Random Number Generator Sets Benchmark for Size, Performance
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 — As pervasive as they are in everyday uses, like encryption and security, randomly generated digital numbers are seldom truly random. So far, […]