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Atomic Structure of Irradiated Materials is More Akin to Liquid than Glass

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — Materials exposed to neutron radiation tend to experience significant damage, leading to the containment challenges involved in immobilizing nuclear waste or […]

Neptune: Neutralizer-Free Plasma Propulsion

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer […]

Collecting real-time data about material microstructural evolution during radiation exposure

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — It may be surprising to learn that much remains unknown about radiation’s effects on materials. To find answers, Massachusetts Institute of […]

Understanding Stars: How Tornado-shaped Flow in a Dynamo Strengthens the Magnetic Field

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2017 — The massive, churning core of conducting liquids in stars and some planets creates a dynamo that generates the planetary body’s magnetic […]

Deconstructing Osmosis Provides Insight for Medical and Industrial Use

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2017 — Osmosis, the fluid phenomenon responsible for countless slug deaths at the hands of mischievous children, is fundamentally important not only to […]

Managing Stress Helps Transistor Performance

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2017 — Tensile mechanical stress can have a useful effect for some transistors, where the resulting atomic strain allows its current-carrying electron-hole pairs […]

Engaging Diamond for Next-Era Transistors

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2017 — As consumers around the world have become increasingly dependent on electronics, the transistor, a semiconductor component central to the operation of […]

Can the Motion of Checking Your Smartwatch Charge It?

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2017 — Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are small devices that convert movement into electricity, and might just be what bring us into an era […]

‘Inverse Designing’ Spontaneously Self-Assembling Materials

WASHINGTON, D.C., May, 09, 2017 — Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are exploring how molecular simulations with the latest optimization strategies can create a […]