Research Articles
The Invisible Architecture of Light: How Surface Texturing Supercharges Solar Cells
Explore how microscopic surface engineering revolutionizes solar cell efficiency through light-trapping texturing technology.
When the Ground Shakes: How Gas Explosions Affect the Brain
Exploring how gas explosions in real roadway environments cause significant brain injury and behavioral changes in animal models
Light in the Abyss: How Ion-Selective Optodes Reveal Hidden Water Worlds
Discover how ion-selective optodes are revolutionizing water chemistry analysis in Earth's most extreme environments through advanced optical sensing technology.
The Light Sculptor: Carving Nanoscale Art with Femtosecond Lasers
Explore how femtosecond lasers create nanoscale silicon phase-change gratings in vacuum environments, enabling revolutionary optical computing and data storage technologies.
The Schön Scandal: The Rise and Fall of Bell Labs' Golden Boy
The story of Jan Hendrik Schön, the Bell Labs researcher whose scientific fraud shocked the physics community and led to widespread reforms in research ethics.
Forget Finger-Pricks: The Smart Surface That "Reads" Your Health
Discover how pH-responsive superwetting surfaces enable non-invasive glucose detection through visual droplet behavior changes.
A Concept Fully Realized: The Beauty of Your Internally-Housed Wiki Server
Explore how building an internally-hosted wiki server transforms organizational knowledge management through collective intelligence and collaborative editing.
Turning Air into Fuel: The Nanostructured Silica Revolution
Discover how nanostructured silica with isolated titanium is revolutionizing CO2 conversion through artificial photosynthesis, creating sustainable fuels from air.
Taming the Sun: The Quest to Model a Laminar Arc Plasma Torch
Explore how scientists are modeling laminar DC arc plasma torches to harness one of nature's most powerful forces for precision industrial applications.
NASA's Desert RATS: The Science Backroom Guiding Exploration from Earth
How NASA's Science Backroom enables discovery on alien terrain through remote operations and communication strategies.