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. […]
Thermal Microscopy of Single Cells
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2015 — Thermal properties of cells regulate their ability to store, transport or exchange heat with their environment. So gaining control of these […]
Infrared encoding of images with metasurfaces
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2015 – Researchers at MINAO, a joint lab between The French Aerospace Lab in Palaiseau and the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures in […]
Move Aside Carbon: Boron Nitride-Reinforced Materials Are Even Stronger
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2015 – Carbon nanotubes are legendary in their strength — at least 30 times stronger than bullet-stopping Kevlar by some estimates. When mixed […]
Building blocks for GaN power switches
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 15, 2015 – A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride […]