Monthly Archives (September 2014)


"In the decades since its founding, RLE has educated outstanding cohorts of young men and young women, and it has pioneered fields that had yet to be imagined in 1946. The gift of this extraordinary history to the RLE of today is a research and learning environment of astonishing intellectual quality and richness."

—Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Seventh Director of RLE

Mehmet Fatih Yanik M. Scott Brauer
High-speed drug screen
Posted September 30, 2014 at 10:35 am
This rendering shows the metallic dielectric photonic crystal that stores solar energy as heat. Jeffrey Chou
How to make a “perfect” solar absorber
Posted September 29, 2014 at 10:18 am
This image shows adhesion between the silica tip of an atomic force microscope and adhesive fibers made by fusing mussel foot proteins and curli amyloid fibers. Image: Yan Liang
Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water
Posted September 21, 2014 at 5:02 pm
A scanning electron micrograph depicts numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to by the acronym MRSA. Image: Janice Haney Carr/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Battling superbugs
Posted September 21, 2014 at 1:46 pm
A Superconducting-Nanowire Three-Terminal Electrothermal Device (NANO Letters)
Posted September 18, 2014 at 10:46 am
Toward optical chips
Posted September 17, 2014 at 10:10 am
Englund spotlighted by Brookhaven National Lab
Posted September 15, 2014 at 10:48 am
Digital RLE Training Tutorial
Posted September 12, 2014 at 3:44 pm
Bio — Fionnuala Coary
Posted September 3, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Bio — Hien Nguyen
Posted September 2, 2014 at 5:04 pm
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