Creating Room to Breathe on the Microscale
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2018 — Respiratory distress syndrome is the second major cause of newborn mortality. Health care providers especially struggle to deliver oxygen to preterm […]
New Experimental Results from the Largest and Most Sophisticated Stellerator
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2018 — An international team of scientists is running tests on the largest and most sophisticated stellerator, the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment. This […]
The Culprit of Some GaN Defects Could Be Nitrogen
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2018 — As silicon-based semiconductors reach their performance limits, gallium nitride (GaN) is becoming the next go-to material to advance light-emitting diode (LED) […]
THz Spectroscopy Could Help Explain Water’s Anomalies
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2018 — Liquid water sustains life on earth, but its physical properties remain mysterious among scientific researchers. Recently, a team of Swiss researchers […]
New Material for Splitting Water
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2018 — Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn’t shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through […]
Does Living Near Wind Turbines Negatively Impact Human Health?
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 — Wind turbines are a source of clean renewable energy, but some people who live nearby describe the shadow flicker, the audible […]
Blowing Bubbles for Cancer Treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 — Embolization — the use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth — has gained traction […]
Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2018 — Nanoscientists at Northwestern University have developed a blueprint to fabricate new heterostructures from different types of 2-D materials. 2-D materials are […]
The Price of Chaos: A New Model Virtually Pits New Investors Against Experienced Ones
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2018 — Financial investing attracts a range of casual neophytes to Wall Street financiers. Variation in expertise and risk-taking behaviors among investors regularly […]