Metamaterials may eliminate friction

Scientist Live carried a story on discovery by Ames Laboratory researchers that metamaterials can be used to create a repulsive Casimir force that may eliminate friction in nanoscale machines. (Go to story)

Eliminating mechanical friction in nanotechnology

R&D Online carried a story on a discovery by Ames Laboratory researchers that uses chiral metamaterials to create a repulsive Casimir force that may eliminate friction in nanoscale machinery. (Go to story)

Resonant Approach to Quantum Problem

David Bradley of SpectroscopyNow.com writes about a discovery that could bring quantum computing a step closer. Ames Laboratory physicist Slava Dobrovitski was a co-author of a paper published by researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, "Gigahertz Dynamics of a Strongly Driven Single Quantum Spin" that appeared in the Nov. 19 online Science Express.