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New Thruster Design Increases Efficiency for Future Spaceflight

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 15, 2017 — Hall thrusters (HTs) are used in earth-orbiting satellites, and also show promise to propel robotic spacecraft long distances, such as from […]

Soft and Spherical: Researchers Study Dynamics of Drop Impact

WASHINGTON D.C., August 15, 2017 — For the most part, fluid dynamics researchers have focused efforts to understand the details of impacting drops on flat rigid surfaces; the […]

New SQUID-Based Detector Opens Up New Fields of Study With New Level of Sensitivity

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 11, 2017 — Investigators at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new sensor […]

Chaotic Magnetic Field Lines May Answer the Coronal Heating Problem

WASHINGTON D.C., August 9, 2017 — It is known that the sun’s corona — the outermost layer of the sun’s atmosphere — is roughly 100 times hotter […]

Bioprinted Veins Reveal New Drug Diffusion Details

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2017 — Artificially constructed human tissues and organs have been developed with a number of different purposes in mind, from advanced robotics and […]

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Can Offer Cheaper Electricity for Urban and Suburban Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2017 — According to a prediction made by the U.S. Department of Energy, wind energy could provide 20 percent of electricity in the […]

New Theory of Polymer Length Provides Improved Estimates of DNA and RNA Size

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2017 — Unlike the rigid plastic models from chemistry class, real chains of molecules can bend and stretch, like beads on an elastic […]

New Algorithm Finds the Optimal Bond Breaking Point for Single Molecules

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2017 — Recent developments in atomic-force microscopy have enabled researchers to apply mechanical forces to individual molecules to induce chemical reactions. […]

Ferroelectric Phenomenon Proven Viable for Oxide Electrodes, Disproving Predictions

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2017 — Flux-closure domain (FCD) structures are microscopic topological phenomena found in ferroelectric thin films that feature distinct electric polarization properties. These closed-loop […]