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Are Multiple H-Coils Needed to Accurately Measure Magnetic Field Strengths?

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — Is more always better? Researchers from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, sought to find out if that was the case for […]

Soft Magnetic Material Characterizations Get a Harder Look

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the […]

Electron Backscatter Diffraction Yields Microstructure Insights

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2017 — High-efficiency electric motors with tailored speed-torques, determined by their magnetic components, are essential for sustainable, successful electric automobile drive concepts. Soft […]

Improving Sensor Accuracy to Prevent Electrical Grid Overload

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 — Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron […]

Researchers Model Coulomb Crystals to Understand Star Evolution

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 — Matter in the cores of old white dwarfs and the crusts of neutron stars is compressed to unimaginable densities by intense […]

Opening the Van der Waals’ Sandwich

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 — Eighty years after the theoretical prediction of the force required to overcome the van der Waals’ bonding between layers in a […]

Pseudopod Protrusions Propel Amoeboid Cells Forward: A 3-D Swimming Model

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 — Rhythmic patterns and precise motions — these are key elements of proper swimming. Olympians demonstrate repeated patterns of breathing, with synchronized […]

Quantum Dots Visualize Tiny Vibrational Resonances

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 30, 2017 — In the late 18th century, Ernst Chladni, a scientist and musician, discovered that the vibrations of a rigid plate could be […]

Deep-Depletion: A New Concept for MOSFETs

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2017 — Silicon has provided enormous benefits to the power electronics industry. But performance of silicon-based power electronics is nearing maximum capacity. Enter […]