Communicating with Hypersonic Vehicles in Flight
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2015 – Near the end of the movie Apollo 13, which depicts the harrowing journey of the three astronauts aboard the aborted 1970 […]
Improving Energy Storage with a Cue from Nature
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 9, 2015 – Materials melt faster when the lines of heat spread through the cold material like the branches of a tree — and […]
Tunable Liquid Metal Antennas
WASHINGTON D.C., May 19, 2015 — Researchers have held tremendous interest in liquid metal electronics for many years, but a significant and unfortunate drawback slowing the advance […]
Probing the Secrets of the Universe Inside a Metal Box
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2015 – The Standard Model of particle physics, sometimes called “The Theory of Almost Everything,” is the best set of equations to date […]
New Chip Architecture May Provide Foundation for Quantum Computer
WASHINGTON D.C., May 5, 2015 – Quantum computers are in theory capable of simulating the interactions of molecules at a level of detail far beyond the capabilities […]
Bringing High-energy Particle Detection in from the Cold
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2015 – Radiation detectors, which monitor high-energy particles such as those produced by nuclear decay and cosmic radiation, are being used increasingly in […]
Whiteboards of the Future: New Electronic Paper Could Make Inexpensive Electronic Displays
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have revamped an old e-paper concept to make an inexpensive handwriting-enabled e-paper well suited to large displays like whiteboards. They describe […]
The Microscopic Topography of Ink on Paper
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2015 – A team of Finnish scientists has found a new way to examine the ancient art of putting ink to paper in […]
Carbon Nanotube Computing?
WASHINGTON D.C., April 7, 2015 – As we approach the miniaturization limits of conventional electronics, alternatives to silicon-based transistors—the building blocks of the multitude of electronic devices […]