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Combining nanotextured surfaces with the Leidenfrost effect for extreme water repellency

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2016 – Combining superhydrophobic surfaces with Leidenfrost levitation—picture a water droplet hovering over a hot surface rather than making physical contact with it—has […]

Plants Display Nature’s Optofluidic Machinery

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2016 – If you place a houseplant next to a sunny window, you may notice the leaves bending toward the light. Plants don’t […]

Peering into tissue stiffness with VIPA-based Brillouin spectroscopy

Washington, D.C., May 17, 2016 — At a microscopic level, every material contains spontaneous sound waves — acoustic phonons — that have properties dependent on the material’s […]

Exploring the mystery of how enzymes work via simulations

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 – Enzymes play a crucial role in most biological processes—controlling energy transduction, as well as the transcription and translation of genetic information and […]

Daffodils Help Inspire Design of Stable Structures

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 — In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in dramatic fashion, twisting in the wind before it snapped and plunged into the […]

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 […]