Beyond the tunnel

January 22, 2020

For aircraft designers, modeling and wind-tunnel testing one iteration after another consumes time and may inadequately recreate the conditions planes… Read More

Tracking tungsten

November 20, 2019

Nuclear fusion offers the tantalizing possibility of clean, sustainable power – if tremendous scientific and engineering challenges are overcome. One… Read More

Spying on cancer

November 6, 2019

Northwestern University researchers reported a strange phenomenon earlier this year. The team, led by Vadim Backman, Walter Dill Scott Professor… Read More

Power play

August 7, 2019

As solar-cell and semiconductor materials go, perovskite would seem to be an underdog when compared to such staples as silicon… Read More

Fusion’s path to practicality

June 19, 2019

California company TAE Technologies Inc. subscribes to a fail-fast approach in its quest for commercially viable nuclear fusion energy. “It’s… Read More

Lessons machine-learned

May 16, 2019

Quantifying the risks buried nuclear waste pose to soil and water near the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hanford site in… Read More

Biting back at the flu bug

April 10, 2019

For a common virus, influenza remains an enigma. Some strains – like the one that caused the 1918 pandemic –… Read More

Visions of exascale

March 6, 2019

The Aurora supercomputer – scheduled to arrive at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in 2021– stands to benefit… Read More

Astronomical magnetism

December 5, 2018

It’s easy to take the Earth’s magnetic field for granted. It’s always on the job, shielding our life-giving atmosphere from… Read More

Clean, quiet jets

November 8, 2018

Since the 1960s, engineers have worked to quiet jet engines while boosting fuel efficiency and reducing air pollution. Over succeeding… Read More