Researchers determine key improvement for fuel cells

Work improves understanding of process that stops reactions.

The birth of quantum holography: Making holograms of single light particles

A new measurement technique has enabled them to register the first ever hologram of a single light particle, thereby shedding new light on the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Researchers discover key mechanism for producing solar cells

Better understanding of perovskite solar cells could boost widespread use.

'Jumping film' harnesses the power of humidity (w/video)

Scientists have developed a film that curls up and straightens out autonomously when exposed to tiny, barely measurable changes in ambient humidity. When irradiated with ultraviolet light, which causes changes in the film?s ability to absorb and desorb water, it can even 'jump' into the air.

'Nanoantenna-reactor'catalysts offer best of both worlds

Technology marries light-harvesting nanoantennas to high-reaction-rate catalysts.

The future of perovskite solar cells has just got brighter - come rain or shine

Researchers have succeeded in developing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells that retain excellent performance over two months in a very humid condition.

Scientists glimpse inner workings of atomically thin transistors

With an eye to the next generation of tech gadgetry, a team of physicists has had the first-ever glimpse into what happens inside an atomically thin semiconductor device. In doing so, they discovered that an essential function for computing may be possible within a space so small that it's effectively one-dimensional.

Smallest hard disk to date writes information atom by atom

Scientists have built a memory of 1 kilobyte, where each bit is represented by the position of one single chlorine atom.

Scientists develop way to upsize nanostructures into light, flexible 3-D printed materials

Scientists describe a new process to create lightweight, strong and super elastic 3-D printed metallic nanostructured materials with unprecedented scalability, a full seven orders of magnitude control of arbitrary 3-D architectures.

A battery inspired by vitamins

Researchers have identified a whole new class of high-performing organic molecules, inspired by vitamin B2, that can safely store electricity from intermittent energy sources like solar and wind power in large batteries.

Graphene photodetectors: Thinking outside the 2-D box

Researchers demonstrate a novel way to detect low-energy photons using vertical heterostructures made by stacking graphene and other 2D semiconducting materials.

Tiny transformers: Chemists create microscopic and malleable building blocks

Taking a page from Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', a team of scientists has created malleable and microscopic self-assembling particles that can serve as the next generation of building blocks in the creation of synthetic materials.

Researchers invent 'smart' thread that collects diagnostic data when sutured into tissue

Advances could pave way for new generation of implantable and wearable diagnostics.

Chemical breakthrough in quantum computing

Researchers have made a conducting carbon material that they demonstrated could be used to perform quantum computing at room temperature, rather than near absolute zero.

A glimpse inside the atom

Using electron microscopes, it is possible to image individual atoms. Scientists have calculated how it is possible to look inside the atom to image individual electron orbitals.