Future Batteries: Lithium-Sulfur with a Graphene Wrapper
WASHINGTON D.C., December 16, 2014 — What do you get when you wrap a thin sheet of the “wonder material” graphene around a novel multifunctional sulfur electrode […]
Microwave Imaging of the Breast
WASHINGTON D.C., December 16, 2014 — Although currently available diagnostic screening systems for breast cancer like X-ray computed tomography (CT) and mammography are effective at detecting early […]
Nanoscale Resistors for Quantum Devices
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2014 – Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology have made new compact, high-value resistors for nanoscale quantum circuits. The resistors could speed […]
Field-emission plug-and-play solution for microwave electron guns
WASHINGTON D.C., November 18, 2014 – On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, […]
New model clarifies photoexcited thin-film lattice dynamics
WASHINGTON D.C., November 18, 2014 — A research team from Germany developed an analytical model to describe the structural dynamics of photoexcited thin films and verified it […]
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 […]