“Reverse Engineering” Materials for More Efficient Heating and Cooling
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 28, 2014 – If you’ve ever gone for a spin in a luxury car and felt your back being warmed or cooled by a […]
Exploring X-Ray Phase Tomography with Synchrotron Radiation
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 21, 2014 — X-ray phase tomography is an imaging technique that uses penetrating X-rays to create volumetric views through “slices” or sections of soft […]
Triplet Threat from the Sun
WASHINGTON D.C. Oct. 21, 2014 — The most obvious effects of too much sun exposure are cosmetic, like wrinkled and rough skin. Some damage, however, goes deeper—ultraviolet […]
New light on the “Split Peak” of Alcohols
WASHINGTON D.C., October 14, 2014 — For scientists probing the electronic structure of materials using a relatively new technique called resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering (RIXS) in […]
Beyond LEDs: Brighter, New Energy-Saving Flat Panel Lights Based on Carbon Nanotubes
Washington D.C., October 14, 2014 — Even as the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has enshrined light emitting diodes (LEDs) as the single most significant and disruptive […]
Unexpected New Mechanism Reveals How Molecules Become Trapped in Ice
WASHINGTON D.C., Sept. 30, 2014 – Ice is ubiquitous in nature—found within terrestrial and astrophysical environments alike—and contains many atoms and molecules trapped inside it. For example, ice […]
Taking Thin Films to the Extreme
WASHINGTON D.C., September 30, 2014 – Applying a well-known optical phenomenon called thin-film interference, a group of researchers at Harvard University has demonstrated the ability to “paint” […]
Laser-Guided Herds of Sea Monkeys Show how Zooplankton Migrations May Affect Global Ocean Currents
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 30, 2014–Sea monkeys have captured the popular attention of both children and aquarium hobbyists because of their easily observable life cycle — sold as […]
Future Flexible Electronics based on Carbon Nanotubes
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2014—Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and Northwestern University have demonstrated a new method to improve the reliability and performance of […]