Quantum Conductors Benefit from Growth on Smooth Foundations
WASHINGTON D.C. Oct. 11, 2013 — Imagine if the “information superhighway” had HOV lanes so that data could be stored, processed and disseminated many times faster than […]
To Touch the Microcosmos
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 13, 2013 — What if you could reach through a microscope to touch and feel the microscopic structures under the lens? In a breakthrough […]
The “50-50” Chip: Memory Device of the Future?
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 13, 2013 — A new, environmentally-friendly electronic alloy consisting of 50 aluminum atoms bound to 50 atoms of antimony may be promising for building […]
Simulating Flow from Volcanoes and Oil Spills
WASHINGTON D.C. August 12, 2013 — Some time around 37,000 BCE a massive volcano erupted in the Campanian region of Italy, blanketing much of Europe with ash, […]
Indiana Jones Meets George Jetson
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 6, 2013 — A team of researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden has designed a microplasma source capable of exciting matter in a controlled, […]
Growing Thin Films of Germanium
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 6, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new technique to produce thin films of germanium crystals — key components for next-generation electronic devices such […]