Space: The Final Frontier in Silicon Chemistry
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2014 – Silicon, which is one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust, is also sprinkled abundantly throughout interstellar space. The […]
Disorder + Disorder = More Disorder?
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 4, 2014–If you took the junk from the back of your closet and combined it with the dirty laundry already on your floor, you […]
“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” […]