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by Matthew Carroll, Pennsylvania State University Materials at Mesoscale may be Bridge to Next-Gen Devices: A newly developed model may serve as a bridge between quantum...

Material Emits Pulses of Super Fluorescent Light: Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation...

Made from inexpensive, abundant materials, an aluminum-sulfur battery could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources. David L. Chandler | MIT News Office A New Concept for...

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time. Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Hidden Nanostructures in Cells and Tissues: Inside...

by Kathleen Haughney, Florida State University Create Blue Light from a Promising Material: A Florida State University research team has developed a new way to create...

by Ben Peltz, California Institute of Technology Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials: Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed...

by Kaitlyn Landram, Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling 'Associating Polymers': When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental...

A novel coordination polymer-based photocatalyst for CO2 reduction exhibits unprecedented performance, giving scientists at Tokyo Tech hope in the fight against global warming. Made from...

New Method for Recycling Polystyrene: Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment....

Wooden Furniture Arrives Flat, then Dry's into a 3D Shape: Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending or pressing. That’s so old...