Major new facility to explore optimizing plasma for the production of nanoparticles

After more than two years of planning and construction, the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has commissioned a major new facility to explore ways to optimize plasma for the production of nanoparticles.

Light-modified material modifies light

A material whose optical properties can be modified on a small scale by laser light promises a wide range of applications.

Invisible particles 'seen' for the first time

A mysterious effect in which particles do not scatter light has been observed at optical wavelengths for the first time.

Directed matter - Toward atomic-scale 3D nanofabrication

Additive manufacturing techniques featuring atomic precision could one day create materials with Legos flexibility and Terminator toughness.

NASA eyes first-ever carbon-nanotube mirrors for CubeSat telescope

A lightweight telescope that a team of NASA scientists and engineers is developing specifically for CubeSat scientific investigations could become the first to carry a mirror made of carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin.

Engineered 'sand' may help cool electronic devices

Researchers would like to put sand into your computer. Not beach sand, but silicon dioxide nanoparticles coated with a high dielectric constant polymer to inexpensively provide improved cooling for increasingly power-hungry electronic devices.

DNA origami lights up a microscopic glowing Van Gogh

Using folded DNA to precisely place glowing molecules within microscopic light resonators, researchers have created one of the world's smallest reproductions of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.