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Shaping Crystals for Camouflage Surfaces

April 28, 2014

Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered a way to shape crystals with a photochemical reaction, enabling crystal structures to appear in various patterns and colors (like chameleons!)

Happy Birthday, Guglielmo Marconi

April 25, 2014

Guglielmo Marconi is best known for pioneering long-distance radio transmission and helping develop commercial radio. Learn about the life and work of the Nobel-Prize-winning electrical engineer.

Happy Birthday, Josef Stefan

March 24, 2014

Josef Stefan is known for deriving the relationship between the radiant energy of a blackbody and its temperature, known as the Stefan–Boltzmann law. Learn more about the Austrian physicist.

World’s Largest Solar Power Plant

February 21, 2014

Have you ever made the drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas through the Mojave Desert? If so, you might have seen the world’s largest solar-based thermal power plant.

Happy Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus

February 19, 2014

Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus first theorized the concept of a heliocentric universe. At the time, this was controversial. Now, more than 500 years later, we believe him.

Rocket Innovations for Private Space Flight

February 5, 2014

Did you know that up until the 1920s, rockets were powered by solid propellants and oxidizers? Enter the invention of the liquid-fuel rocket. Learn more about innovations in modern rocketry.

New Technology Advancements for Indoor Navigation

January 13, 2014

Global position systems, more commonly known as GPS, make it easy to navigate from place to place. But what about navigating inside an actual building? Indoor navigation makes this possible.

2D Materials, It’s Not Just About Graphene

December 13, 2013

You’ve heard the story: a couple of scientists discovered graphene when they repeatedly pulled a strip of adhesive tape off a layer of graphite. Graphene has been all the rage due to its incredible strength, low weight, and electronic properties, but it’s not the only material of its kind. There are plenty of other 2D materials to consider for electrical applications — some of which may work together with graphene, and others that can be used in its place.


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