SCILIGHT
Precession laser optimized for micro-drilling on aerospace material
Parameters identified to reduce and eliminate micro-hole sidewall tapering in nickel alloy C263.
Investigating bouncing water droplets with high speed cameras
Results determined the upper limit for the impact velocity of bouncing droplets on micro-grooved surfaces.
CRISPR-Cas9 examined for potential and challenges treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Gene editing treatments are a promising solution to rare genetic diseases, but still face significant obstacles to implementation.
Evaluating the role of hydrophobic molecules in DNA nanostructures
Amphiphilic DNA nanostructures enable the formation of crystals with a structure independent of the hydrophobic molecules used.
Drug delivery with nanoparticles to improve osteosarcoma outcomes
This type of bone cancer has comparatively low survival rates that could be raised with targeted drug delivery.
Applying ferroelectric materials in transistors for electronic and optoelectronic applications
Thin-film field-effect transistors provide unique benefits in electronics research.
Electron-positron pair plasmas: past, present, and future
An overview of recent progress highlights remaining challenges and future opportunities associated with producing and studying relativistic pair plasmas in the lab.
Watching bubbles jump on the International Space Station
Coalescence-induced jumping is easiest to study in microgravity and has applications in orbit and on the ground.
Algorithms optimize circle packing in regular polygons
The complex geometrical problem of packing has applications in charge distribution and granular matter.
Deep neural network finds lack of transferability when modeling supercooled water
Decomposition analyses of the molecular interactions show DNN potentials were unable to correctly represent fundamental individual many-body contributions.
New technology offers quick and superior optical characterizations of micron-scale systems
A simple, compact, and low-cost instrument turns an ordinary microscope into a fast, accurate thin-film analyzer.
Calibrating instruments remotely to reduce location-based error
Remote calibration, conducted over the internet, offers a potentially faster, cheaper, and more accurate option.