Researchers offer new technology for liquid-crystal displays

An international research team has proposed a new method for orienting liquid crystals. It could be used to increase the viewing angle of liquid-crystal displays.

Dynamical Casimir effect within reach of optomechanics

Mirrors vibrating at very high frequencies could create photons from nothing.

Moore's Law extended with the use of light

Chemists create faster and more efficient way to process information .

Chemists develop molecular switch for on-demand cargo release

Chemists find a molecular switch such that two compounds that would readily react with each other can be in the same solution, separated by a very thin membrane and kept from reacting with each other until a molecular switch is thrown.

NASA eyes versatile carbon-nanotube technology for spaceflight applications

An ultra-dark coating comprised of nearly invisible shag rug-like strands made of pure carbon is proving to be highly versatile for all types of spaceflight applications.

Bubbly graphene: How cool or hot are you?

In a perfect match between theory and experiments, scientists predict, measure and control the temperature of large graphene bubbles with a single laser beam.

Elucidation of vibration energy of a single molecule in an external force field

The vibration of a molecule on a surface contains critical information on the molecule-surface interaction, crucial for understanding surface phenomena and for important processes like catalysis.