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New Signal Amplification Process Set to Transform Communications, Imaging, Computing

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2015 – Signal amplification is ubiquitous to all electronic and optoelectronic systems for communications, imaging and computing – its characteristics directly impact device […]

Photonic Crystal Nanolaser Biosensor Simplifies DNA Detection

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 13, 2015 – A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer’s, may […]

Zinc Oxide Materials Tapped for Tiny Energy Harvesting Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 13, 2015 – Today, we’re surrounded by a variety of electronic devices that are moving increasingly closer to us – we can attach and […]

Acoustic Levitation Made Simple

WASHINGTON D.C., January 5, 2015 — A team of researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil has developed a new levitation device that can hover […]

A Qubit Candidate Shines Brighter

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 29, 2014 – In the race to design the world’s first universal quantum computer, a special kind of diamond defect called a nitrogen vacancy […]

Field-emission plug-and-play solution for microwave electron guns

WASHINGTON D.C., November 18, 2014 – On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, […]

“Reverse Engineering” Materials for More Efficient Heating and Cooling

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 28, 2014 – If you’ve ever gone for a spin in a luxury car and felt your back being warmed or cooled by a […]

Taking Thin Films to the Extreme

WASHINGTON D.C., September 30, 2014 – Applying a well-known optical phenomenon called thin-film interference, a group of researchers at Harvard University has demonstrated the ability to “paint” […]

Future Flexible Electronics based on Carbon Nanotubes

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2014—Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and Northwestern University have demonstrated a new method to improve the reliability and performance of […]