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Wall-less Hall thruster may power future deep space missions

Washington, D.C., Oct.27, 2015 – Hall thrusters are advanced electric rocket engines primarily used for station-keeping and attitude control of geosynchronous communication satellites and space probes. Recently, […]

Canadian Researchers Find Geothermal Heat Pumps Most Feasible in Halifax

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 23 — Researchers at the Université du Québec have recently conducted a survey of four Canadian cities to determine the economic feasibility of installing […]

Coating Cancels Acoustic Scattering from Odd-Shaped Objects

Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 — In a new twist, a team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin […]

Physics of Booming and Burping Sand Dunes Revealed

Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 — Avalanching sand from dune faces in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert can trigger loud, rumbling “booming” or short […]

A “Hot” New Development for Ultracold Magnetic Sensors

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 – Magnetoencephalography, or MEG, is a non-invasive technique for investigating human brain activity for surgical planning or research, and has been used […]

Catching the Light: Umbrella-shaped diamond nanostructures make efficient photon collectors

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 – Standard umbrellas come out when the sky turns dark, but in the nanoworld, umbrella shapes may be the next creative way […]

Mathematically Modeling the Mind

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 — Try to remember a phone number, and you’re using what’s called your sequential memory. This kind of memory, in which your […]

Quantum Coherent-like State Observed in a Biological Protein for the First Time

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 13, 2015 – If you take certain atoms and make them almost as cold as they possibly can be, the atoms will fuse into […]

New deposition technique enhances optoelectronic properties of lasers

Washington D.C., Oct. 13, 2015 — A simple new electron-beam multilayer deposition technique for creating intracavity contacts — an important component of gallium nitride-based (III-nitride) vertical-cavity surface-emitting […]