• Nanoscale Photonic-Crystal Lasers: 10 Times Faster, 1000 Times Less Energy

    Supercomputers consume super amounts of energy, and there is an ongoing technological solution to reduce that consumption. Funded in part by AFOSR, a Stanford University team unveiled a tiny, highly efficient semiconductor laser that could herald a new era in low-energy data interconnects that

  • Physicists First to Observe Electron Ejected from Atom

    Air Force Research Lab-supported physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, became the first researchers to observe the motion of an

  • Research in Microscale Heat Transfer Will Benefit Military Systems

    A 2-year-old Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative involving the Air Force Research Laboratory, the University of Michigan, Stanford University, Brown University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz, is making great strides in achieving a fundamental understanding of heat

  • Design, Tools Aim for Accessible Silicon Optical Chips

    In an effort to make it easier to build inexpensive, next-generation silicon-based electro-optical chips, which allow computers to move information with light and electricity, a University of Washington research team is developing design tools and using commercial nanofabrication tools. The Air

  • B-2 Spirit featured aircraft for 2012 Marathon

    The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber will be the featured aircraft for the 2012 Air Force Marathon. The iconic batwing shaped aircraft will be prominently displayed on all official Marathon gear, including the highly coveted finisher's medal racers receive after crossing the long 26.2-mile road to the

  • AFRL advisor honored for work promoting cooperation in alternative fuels

    When a national coalition of energy authorities established an award to recognize work in alternative fuels, it found the perfect honoree at the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered here at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. William E. Harrison III, a technical advisor with AFRL's Propulsion

  • NRO opens liaison office

    A meeting held here last week highlighted the increased communication between DoD and the National Reconnaissance Office - an organization that has only been visible to the public for little more than a decade.Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Boring of the newly created AFMC/NRO Liaison Office, was

  • Ultramarathonman to speak at 2012 Air Force Marathon

    Dean Karnazes, the man who once ran 50 marathons, in all 50 U.S. states, in 50 consecutive days, will be the featured guest at the 2012 Air Force Marathon Sports & Fitness Expo Sept. 13-14 at Wright State University's Nutter Center. Registration for the 2012 Marathon begins at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1,

  • Base, Park to celebrate anniversary of flight

    A wreath will be laid at the Wright Brothers Memorial commemorating the 108th Anniversary of Powered Flight on Dec. 16 at 10:15 a.m. on Wright Memorial Hill near Area B. Base officials will gather with representatives from the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in the ceremony that