Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres

A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy.

Shapeshifting crystals - Varying stability in different forms of gallium selenide monolayers

The gallium selenide monolayer has been recently discovered to have an alternative crystal structure and has diverse potential applications in electronics. Understanding its properties is crucial to understand its functions.

Chemists convert plastic bottle waste into MOF-based insecticide sorbent

Scientists propose a method to create a metal-organic framework sorbent for imidacloprid insecticide removal from water.

High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins

Pioneering high-speed atomic force microscope technology has now shed light on the structure and dynamics of some of life's most ubiquitous and inscrutable molecules - intrinsically disordered proteins.