Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

Harry O'Mara, Luis Enrique Rosas Hernandaz, Sachini Withanage, Hemanta Pradhan and James Mangum share what they have been able to accomplish with the support of the Hughes family in the following ...

APL Director Emeritus Ralph Semmel has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his leadership in generating innovative and disruptive engineering advancements in defense, national ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

Matthew Reed, vice president for academic affairs at Westmoreland County Community College, didn’t plan for the launch of the ...

An associate professor in the Department of Physics, Lomsadze uses powerful laser-based tools to capture ultrafast events in quantum materials, work that could shape the future of technology.

An innovative arrangement employing diverse electronic and optical principles and components leads to precision frequency within the terahertz band.

A recent study carried out by researchers from EHU, the Materials Physics Center, nanoGUNE, and DIPC introduces a novel approach to solar energy conversion and spintronics. The work tackles a ...

Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures can be used to control thermal conductivity in thin film solids, report researchers from Japan. Their innovative method, which leverages ...

Researchers develop an industry-scalable method to tune thermal conductivity in thin films using femtosecond lasers. (Nanowerk News) Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures can be used ...

Darwin Quiroz is exploring new frontiers in miniature lasers with major biomedical applications. When Quiroz first started working with optics as an undergraduate, he was developing atomic ...