Geckos Use Toe Hairs to Turn Stickiness On/Off
WASHINGTON D.C. Aug. 12, 2014 — If you’ve ever spent any time watching a gecko, you may have wondered about their uncanny ability to adhere to any […]
Diamond Defect Interior Design
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5, 2014 – By carefully controlling the position of an atomic-scale diamond defect within a volume smaller than what some viruses would fill, researchers […]
3-in-1 Optical Skin Cancer Probe
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5, 2014 – As thousands of vacationers hit the beach this summer, many of them will expose their unprotected bare limbs to direct UV […]
Mysterious Molecules in Space
WASHINGTON D.C., July 29, 2014 – Over the vast, empty reaches of interstellar space, countless small molecules tumble quietly though the cold vacuum. Forged in the fusion […]
Flexible Metamaterial Absorbers
WASHINGTON D.C., July 29, 2014 – Electromagnetic metamaterials boast special properties not found in nature and are rapidly emerging as a hot research topic for reasons extending […]
The Evolution of Airplanes
WASHINGTON D.C. July 22, 2014 — One of the traditional arguments against Darwinian evolution has been that no one can confirm the process exists because it occurs […]
Fly-Inspired Sound Detector
WASHINGTON D.C., July 22, 2014 – Even within a phylum so full of mean little creatures, the yellow-colored Ormia ochracea fly is distinguished among other arthropods for […]
A New Multi-Bit ‘Spin’ for MRAM Storage
WASHINGTON D.C., July 22, 2014 — Interest in magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is escalating, thanks to demand for fast, low-cost, nonvolatile, low-consumption, secure memory devices. MRAM, […]
New Materials for Future Green Tech Devices
WASHINGTON D.C., July 15, 2014 — From your hot car to your warm laptop, every machine and device in your life wastes a lot of energy through […]