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Breaking metamaterial symmetry with reflected light

Washington, D.C., April 5, 2016 — Optical activity—rotation of the polarization of light—is well known to occur within materials that differ from their mirror image. But what happens […]

Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma

Washington, D.C., March 22, 2016 — Printing has come a long way since the days of Johannes Gutenberg. Now, researchers have developed a new method that uses […]

Scratching the Surface: Real-Time Monitoring of Surface Changes at the Atomic Level

WASHINGTON D.C., MARCH 15, 2016 – A team of researchers at Aix Marseille Université in Marseille, France led by Dr. Frédéric Leroy developed a technique that allows […]

Warming Up Optoelectronic Research

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2016 — A team of physicists from the University of California, San Diego and The University of Manchester is creating tailor-made materials for […]

Bumpy Liquid Films Could Simplify Fabrication of Microlenses

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 11, 2016 – Have you ever noticed that when heated a film of oil in a pan doesn’t remain completely flat? Instead, it forms […]

Absorbing acoustics with soundless spirals

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2016 – Researchers at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, and the University of Lorraine have recently developed a design for […]

Energy Harvesting via Smart Materials

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 26, 2016 — Energy harvesting is emerging as a viable method for electronic devices to pull ambient energy from their surrounding environment and convert […]

Two-in-One Packaging May Increase Drug Efficacy and Reduce Side Effects

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 11, 2016 – Chemotherapy often comes with powerful side effects, and one of the reasons for this is that the drugs used to kill […]

Sugar-based Carbon Hollow Spheres that Mimic Moth Eyes

Washington, D.C., Jan.5, 2015 –Antireflective coatings are used to cut surface glare in everything from eyeglasses and camera lenses to solar cells, TV screens and LED devices. […]