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Proving Uncertainty: New Insight into Old Problem

WASHINGTON D.C., April 29, 2014 — Nearly 90 years after Werner Heisenberg pioneered his uncertainty principle, a group of researchers from three countries has provided substantial new […]

Vacuum Ultraviolet Lamp of the Future Created in Japan

WASHINGTON D.C., April 22, 2014 — A team of researchers in Japan has developed a solid-state lamp that emits high-energy ultraviolet (UV) light at the shortest wavelengths […]

High-Performance, Low-Cost Ultracapacitors Built with Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

WASHINGTON D.C., April 22, 2014 — By combining the powers of two single-atom-thick carbon structures, researchers at the George Washington University’s Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory have created […]

Sensitive Detection Method May Help Impede Illicit Nuclear Trafficking

WASHINGTON D.C., April 15, 2014 — According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the greatest danger to nuclear security comes from terrorists acquiring sufficient quantities of […]

Device Turns Flat Surface into Spherical Antenna

WASHINGTON D.C., April 14, 2014 — By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, a team of researchers in China has created […]

Is the Power Grid too Big?

WASHINGTON D.C., April 8, 2014 — Some 90 years ago, British polymath J.B.S. Haldane proposed that for every animal there is an optimal size — one which […]

Future Computers that are “Normally Off”

WASHINGTON D.C., April 8, 2014 — If a research team in Japan gets its wish, “normally off” computers may one day soon be replacing present computers in […]

Wind Energy: On the grid, Off the Checkerboard

WASHINGTON D.C., April 1, 2014 — As wind farms grow in importance across the globe as sources of clean, renewable energy, one key consideration in their construction […]

Mars Mimicking Chamber Explores Habitability of Other Planets

WASHINGTON D.C., March 25, 2014 — A research team in Spain has the enviable job of testing out new electromechanical gear for potential use in future missions […]