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Sugar-based Carbon Hollow Spheres that Mimic Moth Eyes

Washington, D.C., Jan.5, 2015 –Antireflective coatings are used to cut surface glare in everything from eyeglasses and camera lenses to solar cells, TV screens and LED devices. […]

Thermal Microscopy of Single Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2015 — Thermal properties of cells regulate their ability to store, transport or exchange heat with their environment. So gaining control of these […]

Improving Accuracy in Genomic Mapping with Time-Series Data

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 29, 2015 – If you already have the sequenced map of an organism’s genome but want to look for structural oddities in a sample, […]

Modeling Amazonian Transitional Forest Micrometeorology

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2015 — What can mathematical modeling teach us about the micrometeorology of the southern Amazonian “transitional” forest? Quite a lot, it turns out. […]

Infrared encoding of images with metasurfaces

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2015 – Researchers at MINAO, a joint lab between The French Aerospace Lab in Palaiseau and the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures in […]

Move Aside Carbon: Boron Nitride-Reinforced Materials Are Even Stronger

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2015 – Carbon nanotubes are legendary in their strength — at least 30 times stronger than bullet-stopping Kevlar by some estimates. When mixed […]

Isolating Water’s Impact on Vibrations within DNA

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 14, 2015 — In a biological system, the ratio of water-to-non-water molecules, known as the hydration level, influences both the arrangement of biomolecules and […]

Building blocks for GaN power switches

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 15, 2015 – A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride […]

A New Theory Describes Ice’s Slippery Behavior

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2015 – Winter is coming, promising the usual bouts of frozen precipitation for northern locations. The slickness of snow and ice is a […]