2010

Self-Organization of Helical Assemblies

Polymer nanobristles assembling into highly ordered helical clusters.

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Double Drain - Single Vortex

Only one vortex forms although the dyed water exits through two drains.

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Ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

Target area of the first completed integrated ignition experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

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Water Droplet Experiencing Leidenfrost Effect

The Leidenfrost effect on a water droplet that was dropped onto a heated aluminum plate and illuminated by a Helium-Neon (red range) laser.

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Quantum Dots Offer Evidence of Quantum Darwinism

Quantum dots were created in a quantum "well" of InAs (Indium Arsenide) using electron-beam lithography and wet etching.

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Silicon Wafers Coated with Liquid Crystal

Each circle shows a different thickness of a 8CB liquid crystal film coating on a 2cm X 2cm silicon wafer.

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Stars Bursting to Life in the Chaotic Carina Nebula

A pillar in the Carina Nebula is bathed in the light of the hot, massive stars whose scorching radiation and fast winds are sculpting it, and causing new stars to form within it.

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Solution Growth of a New Quasicrystal

A newly discovered scandium-zinc alloy produces millimeter-sized, facetted, single grain quasicrystals in very different forms and shapes.

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Designing Optical Elements from Isotropic Materials

By taking advantage of a conformal mapping technique, new designs for various optical elements such as directional antennas, flat lenses, or bends, are proposed.

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Supersonic Air Flow

Throwing a stone onto the surface of motionless lake triggers a spectacular series of events!

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Leaf Veins Loop Around Defects

Biological transport networks make adjustments for pattern interruptions.

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Gamma‑Ray All-Sky Map

This image from the Fermi Gamma‑ray Space Telescope shows an all‑sky map based on galactic coordinates gathered over one year of observations. 

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Free Floating Plasma Orb

A free‑floating atmospheric pressure ball plasma is created when surface electricity is discharged into a solution.

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