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Extending VCSEL wavelength coverage to the mid-infrared

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 14, 2017 — Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are small, semiconductor-based lasers that emit optical beams from their top surface, and one of their main […]

Turning Up the Heat for Perfect (Nano)Diamonds

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 14, 2017 — Quantum mechanics, the physics that governs nature at the atomic and subatomic scale, contains a host of new physical phenomena to […]

A New Sensitive and Stable Self-Powered Photodetector

WASHINGTON D.C., February 9, 2017 — Researchers in Singapore and China have collaborated to develop a self-powered photodetector that can be used in a wide range of […]

Meta-Lenses Bring Benchtop Performance to Small, Hand-held Spectrometer

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2017 — A research team of physicists from Harvard University has developed new hand-held spectrometers capable of the same performance as large, benchtop […]

Material Can Turn Sunlight, Heat and Movement Into Electricity — All at Once

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2017 — Many forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that energy — […]

Portable Superconductivity Systems for Small Motors

WASHINGTON, D.C., February, 7, 2017 — Superconductivity, where electrical currents course unhindered through a material, is one of modern physics’ most intriguing scientific discoveries. It has many […]

Spider Silk Demonstrates Spider Man-Like Abilities

WASHINGTON, D.C., January, 31, 2017 — Our muscles are amazing structures. With the trigger of a thought, muscle filaments slide past each other and bundles of contracting […]

Understanding Breakups

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2017 — As interest and demand for nanotechnology continues to rise, so will the need for nanoscale printing and spraying, which relies on […]

How a bacterial protein’s structure aids biomedical studies

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2017 — A light-sensing protein from a salt-loving, sulfur-forming microbe has proved key to developing methods essential to advanced drug discovery, understanding human […]