Chemists Create Quantum Dots with Lab-Designed Protein

Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that perform...

Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made

by University of Groningen Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made: Soft, wearable sensors can improve our lives, but these soft and stretchable electronic devices...

2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light

Novel device also combines light sensing, computing to save energy 2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A...

Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth

A new study reveals the profound properties of a simple metal alloy Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth: Scientists have measured the highest...

Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries with Salt

A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F. Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries...

Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake

Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for creating new materials. Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake: Scientists...

Paper-Thin Solar Cell Can Turn any Surface into a Power Source

Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface. Adam Zewe | MIT News Office Paper-Thin Solar...

Sustainability Students Bring Dead Solar Panels Back to Life

By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle Sustainability Students Bring Dead Solar Panels Back to Life: Students are using polyurethane, resin, epoxy – and gallons of wit –...

Lithium-Metal Batteries Benefit from Interphase Insight

Lithium-Metal Batteries Benefit from Interphase Insight: Researchers around the world are on a mission to relieve a bottleneck in the clean energy revolution, in...

New Way to Explore Energy Landscape of Glassy Materials

New Way to Explore Energy Landscape of Glassy Materials: John Crocker had expected to see a flat line — a familiar horizontal track with...