Simulating complex catalysts key to making cheap, powerful fuel cells

Using a unique combination of advanced computational methods, chemical engineers have demystified some of the complex catalytic chemistry in fuel cells - an advance that brings cost-effective fuel cells closer to reality.

Crystal analysis in 3D

Photon energy as the third dimension in crystallographic texture analysis.

Unmasking the molecule

Researchers reveal the structure of individual chemical bonds using specialized imaging techniques.

Scientists count microscopic particles without microscope

A light beam passing through such a material splits and forms a characteristic pattern consisting of numerous bright spots on a projection screen. The researchers found that the number of these spots corresponds exactly to the number of scattering microscopic particles in the optical material.

Living structural materials could open new horizons for engineers and architects

DARPA seeks to develop design tools and methods for creating programmable, self-healing, living building materials.

Engineering a chemical switch into a light-driven proton pump

Scientists have engineered a chemically switchable version of the light-driven proton pump proteorhodopsin - an essential tool for efficiently powering molecular factories and synthetic cells.

DNA dominos on a chip

Carriers of genetic information packed together on a biochip like in nature.