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Author Archives: rberkowitz
Au foil substrates developed for flexible electronics
Growing removable single-crystal gold foils on silicon offers an inexpensive, flexible substrate for semiconductors. Continue reading
Posted in MRS Bulletin
Tagged Electronics, Materials Sciences, MRS Bulletin, Semiconductors, Thin Films
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Sustainable Lasers
The role of laser technologies in sustainable manufacturing processes Continue reading
Posted in SPIE Professional
Tagged Lasers, Materials Sciences, SPIE News, Sustainability
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Physical Model of Skull Growth
A model predicts skull growth patterns based on mechanical effects, rather than biology, and could help surgeons treating patients with head growth problems. Continue reading
Eelgrass declines pose a mystery
Scientists want to know why eelgrass is on the decline in some areas of Puget Sound and not others. The answer will affect future strategies for protecting one of the ecosystem’s most critical saltwater plants. Continue reading
Posted in Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Tagged Conservation, Ecology, Eel Grass, Environment, Marine Biology, Pacific Northwest
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Proposed magnetometer design could measure atomic-scale properties
Proposed technique uses probe’s magnetic field to induce measurable response in materials whose magnetic properties only occur internally at the atomic scale. Continue reading
Posted in MRS Bulletin
Tagged Magnetometers, Materials Sciences, MRS Bulletin, Nanoscience
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Black carbon in Antarctica
Spectral and chemical measurements highlight the local effects of pollutants on the albedo of Antarctic snow. Continue reading
Posted in Physics Today
Tagged Atmospheric Sciences, Black Carbon, Climate Change, Physics Today
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Pinpointing the Culprit
How scientists and clinicians are using CyTOF, or Cytometry by Time of Flight, to identify immune cell subsets. Continue reading
Posted in The Scientist
Tagged Cancer, CyTOF, immunology, Immunotherapy, Mass Spectometry, Medical, The Scientist
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Sustainable manufacturing conference in South Africa highlights importance of materials
For sustainable materials processing methods to help counter our growing population’s demand for ‘stuff’, they need to be affordable and accessible. Continue reading
Posted in MRS Bulletin
Tagged Hydrogen Storage, Materials Sciences, MOFs, MRS Bulletin, Sustainability, Water Resources
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California’s recent weather extremes
A planetary-scale pattern of atmospheric waves may be responsible for California’s droughts and floods. Continue reading
Posted in Physics Today
Tagged Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Meteorology, Physics, Physics Today
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Rachel Berkowitz 