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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 […]

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 […]