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 […]
Why Celestial Bodies Come in Different Sizes
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2016 – Our solar system contains one massive object – the sun – and many smaller planets and asteroids. Now researchers from Duke […]
Better Biopsies Through Biofluidics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2016 – Biopsies are a gold standard for definitively diagnosing diseases like cancer. Usually, doctors can only take two-dimensional snapshots of the tissue, […]
Visualizing the Emotional Power of Music
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 23, 2016 — Musical styles and genres differ around the world, but the emotional power of music is universally felt. To understand this evocative […]
Simplifying supersonic nozzle pressure monitoring
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 16, 2016 – A bit of serendipity while carrying out a routine calibration led a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab) BELLA Center […]
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 […]
Exploring Gambles Reveals Foundational Difficulty Behind Economic Theory (and a Solution!)
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2016 — In the wake of the financial crisis, many started questioning different aspects of the economic formalism. This included Ole Peters, a […]
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 […]