'Smart clothing' could someday power cell phones with the sun's rays

Scientists report the first fibers suitable for weaving into tailorable textiles that can capture and release solar energy.

A nerve agent antidote that could be taken before an attack

Researchers report an early-stage development of a potential treatment that soldiers or others could take before such agents are unleashed.

A new form of light

A rule of chemistry suppressed - promising new ways to look into cells, make LEDs.

Process turns wheat flour into CO2-capturing micropores

Researchers have shown how a process for the 'carbonization' of wheat flour creates numerous tiny pores that capture carbon dioxide, representing a potential renewable technology to reduce the industrial emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Memristors promise more precise and affordable neuroprosthetics

Researchers demonstrate how memristors could help aid the development of more precise and affordable neuroprosthetics and bioelectric medicines.

Physicists 'dissolve' water in an emerald

Scientists detect ferroelectric properties of water molecules by placing them into a network of nanoactivities in a crystal.

Nanoscale device detects bacteria and tests for antibiotic resistance

Researchers have invented a device that can rapidly identify harmful bacteria and can determine whether it is resistant to antibiotics.

Solving the problem of glare

Glare-reducing approaches could lead to a type of noise-canceling camera for microscopy, biomedical and astronomy imaging.

Electrons in graphene behave like light, only better

Researchers discover that electrons mimic light in graphene, confirming a 2007 prediction - their finding may enable new low power electronics and lead to new experimental probes.

2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been jointly awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'.

Researching a new kind of energy input for micromotors

With photocatalytic reactions on the surface of nanoparticles, researchers want to research sunlight driven nanomotors. In combining the two innovative fields of photocatalysts and nanomotors, they want to open new horizons for the use of nanomotors driven by renewable energy in several environmental and analytical applications.