Researchers describe ultrasensitive detection of protein linked to multiple autoimmune diseases

Scientists have developed a new method that will allow doctors to detect minute amounts of a protein called interferon- in patient samples.

New perovskite ink opens window for quality solar cells

A new perovskite ink with a long processing window allows the scalable production of perovskite thin films for high-efficiency solar cells.

Cancer diagnosis with a breath test

A new test for the early detection of lung cancer measures tiny changes in the composition of the breath.

Researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels

Shave developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat.

Geometry and particle hitchhiking: A new window into improving nanopharmaceuticals for personalized medicine

In a newly published study, the shape and geometry of nanoparticles can have a significant impact in modulating adverse injection reactions and offer realistic solutions for patients receiving nanopharmaceuticals.

Harnessing heat to power computers

Engineers devise thermal diode that allows computing at ultra-high temperatures.

Better living through pressure: functional nanomaterials made easy (w/video)

Using pressure instead of chemicals, a team has fabricated nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures similar to those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for sensors, computers, phones and TVs.

New battery coating could improve smart phones and electric vehicles

A new discovery helps unravel more than 40-year mystery and could greatly improve battery performance in electronic devices and electric vehicles.

Atomic structure reveals how cells translate environmental signals

Culminating a nearly 10 year effort, researchers have determined the atomic resolution structure of a key molecule that translates signals from a cell's local environment into a language that the cell can understand and use.

Creating time crystals

Physicists create new form of matter that may hold the key to developing quantum machines.