The View from Inside Supersonic Combustion
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — In a jet engine, the flow of air is slowed down to increase the temperature and pressure for combustion — burning […]
Measuring Electrical Conductance Across A Single Molecule
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — When noble metals, like gold, are treated with an aliphatic thiol, like alkanethiol, a uniform monolayer — a layer only one […]
‘Frequency Combs’ ID Chemicals Within the Mid-Infrared Spectral Region
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — Chemical compounds all carry distinctive absorption “fingerprints” within the mid-infrared spectral region of 2 to 12 microns. This offers an opportunity […]
Thermally Driven Spin Current in DNA
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — An emerging field that has generated a wide range of interest, spin caloritronics, is an offshoot of spintronics that explores how […]
Shaken, and Stirred: Scaling Up Bioreactors’ Fluid Dynamics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2018 — Bioreactors are widely used to produce different therapeutics in the biopharmaceutical and regenerative medicine industries. Drug development relies on small multi-well […]
A Simple Trick for Modeling Calcium
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2018 — Calcium is essential for our bodies to function. Calcium ions enable cells to communicate with one another, allowing neurons to interact, […]
Engineering a New Spin for Disease Diagnostics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2018 — Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a new platform with the potential to extract tiny circulating biomarkers of […]
American Service Industry Approaching a ‘Tipping Point’
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 27, 2018 — The average rate at which Americans tip for services has been increasing steadily for decades, which creates a growing pay disparity […]
MEMS Chips Get Metalenses
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 20, 2018 — Lens technologies have advanced across all scales, from digital cameras and high bandwidth in fiber optics to the LIGO lab instruments. Now, […]