June 20 - 25, 2010 :: Joint Summer School on "Atomic-level Response of Materials to Irradiation" will be hosted by the Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes(Los Alamos National Laboratory), the Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and the Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (Idaho National Laboratory). More information can be found here.
Highlights
The “Edge of Chaos” Amplifies Signals Without Transistors
Emulating the edge of chaos of axons enables a metal wire to overcome its resistance without cooling, thereby amplifying signals flowing inside of it.
What If Metals Could Conduct Light?
In the unusual world of quantum materials, metals can guide light in their interiors instead of merely reflecting it.