Boron nitride nanotubes could help build better planes and space shuttles

Researchers determined the interface strength between boron nitride nanotubes and epoxy and other polymers.

Teaching a bacterium new tricks for artificial photosynthesis

Researchers are using M. thermoacetica to perform photosynthesis - despite being non-photosynthetic - and also to synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles in a hybrid artificial photosynthesis system for converting sunlight into valuable chemical products.

A nano-reactor for the production of hydrogen biofuel

Combining bacterial genes and virus shell creates a highly efficient, renewable material used in generating power from water.

Mobile 'electronic adhesive' helps localized electrons communicate and interact with one another

Scientists used electronic structure theory to explain how a mobile 'electronic adhesive' helps localized electrons communicate and interact with one another.

Melting, coating, and all-solid-state lithium batteries

Researchers discovered a new way to develop all-solid-state lithium batteries without a risk of conflagration or explosion. It is the method of melting the solid electrolyte and coating that melted electrolyte around the electrodes.

Coulomb blockade in organic conductors found, a world first

Results will prove useful in understanding and designing properties of organic and molecular devices.

Adjustable adhesion power: What fakirs can learn from geckos

New study models adhesion force as key to contact between two rough, yet elastic, surfaces.

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