New Technology Could Dramatically Lower Cost of Electron Sources – For Night Vision, Particle Accelerators and More
Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory make low-cost, scalable photocathodes from halide perovskites.Rice University…
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Scientists Create Advanced, More Powerful Superconducting Magnet for Next Generation Light Sources
Magnet Designers Look to the Future of Light Sources With New Prototype After more than…
Using Lasers to Create Miniature Robots From Bubbles [Video]
Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes and sew clothing in factories, but…
New Strategies for Designing Efficient Electroluminescent Materials
A collaborative team of materials scientists and theoretical chemists provide hybrid perovskite nanoparticles that are…
Deterrence With Imperfect Attribution: A Better Kind of Cybersecurity Strategy
New model shows why countries that retaliate too much against online attacks make things worse…
High-Entropy Alloys: Islands Without Structure Inside Metal Alloys for Tougher Materials
These high-entropy allows have applications in transportation, energy and defense.An international team of researchers produced…
Science Made Simple: What Is a Tokamak?
A tokamak is a machine that confines a plasma using magnetic fields in a donut shape…
Surprisingly Fast Transport in Carbon Nanotube Membranes Could Advance Human Health
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have discovered that carbon nanotube membrane pores could enable…
Hacking 3D Images With LED Room Lighting and a Smartphone
Simple, yet smart LED illumination could provide 3D images for surveillance and robotic applications.As LEDs…
Extreme Events in Quantum Cascade Lasers Enable an Optical Neuron System 10,000× Faster Than Biological Neurons
QCLs Exhibit Extreme Pulses Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific…