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Building Compact Particle Accelerators: Bunching Electrons Can Get More Done

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 – In the world of particle accelerators, laser wakefield devices are the small, but mighty upstarts. The machines can accelerate electrons to […]

Best of Both Worlds

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2016 – More, faster, better, cheaper. These are the demands of our device-happy and data-centered world. Meeting these demands requires technologies for processing […]

Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 – If you’ve ever eaten food while upside down – and who hasn’t indulged this chimpanzee daydream? – you can thank the […]

Introducing the Disposable Laser

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2016 – Since lasers were invented more than 50 years ago, they have transformed a diverse swath of technology — from CD players […]

New Discovery May Help Engineers Design Quieter Jet Airplanes

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2016 – If you’ve ever experienced the exceptionally powerful and reverberating sounds of a jet during takeoff, you likely won’t be surprised that […]

From Lighting Screens to Lighting Homes

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2016 – Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power […]

Toward Quieting the Brain: Cluster Analysis of Cat Neural Network Models Reveals Promising Anti-seizure Strategies

WASHINGTON D.C., April 19, 2016 –An international team of investigators from Brazil, Scotland and Germany is expanding the research base on the brain’s complex suite of connections […]

On-the-go Diagnosis of HIV and HCV Co-Infections

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are among the leading causes of death worldwide, and an estimated one-third of people […]

Bringing the Landslide Laboratory to Remote Regions

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – It’d be hard to overstate how landslide-prone China’s Loess Plateau is; thanks to millions of years’ accumulation of the wind-deposited, highly-porous […]