SCILIGHT
Simulating turbine wakes in floating offshore wind farms
Movable turbine structures introduce additional complexity into wake models.
Coupling ultrasound with fine needles for better biopsies
Pressure oscillations create microbubbles and cavitation in bovine liver samples.
Passive sensors localize ships without geoacoustic information
Observations of the acoustic field at various depths, paired with knowledge of the index of refraction, characterize the modes radiated by ships.
Defects in uranium dioxide significantly suppress thermal conductivity
Increasing the ratio of oxygen to uranium can impact the safety of the widely used nuclear fuel.
Rapid ultrasensitive bacteria detection using microelectrode sensors
Nanostructured microelectrodes provide extremely high sensitivity for bacteria detection without compromising on speed.
Achieving quantum control through messenger flying excitons
High energy acoustic waves may hold the key to long-range transfer of quantum information on a photonic chip.
Humidity could hinder spread of COVID from sneezes
Experiments and computational models of sneezes show low humidity can increase the risk of virus transmission.
Flipping spins to enable ultralow power electronics
New method to manipulate spin currents at room temperature revealed.
Spaceplate testing shows great promise for miniaturization of optical systems
The thin metamaterial optics elements could help reduce the size of cameras, microscopes, telescopes and more.
