What the blank makes quantum dots blink?

Calculations confirm that surface flaws are behind fluorescence intermittency in silicon nanocrystals.

The perils of platinum

Curtailing precious metal use to bring new energy storage and production online.

Research team fuses art, engineering to create stretchable batteries (w/video)

Researchers have used a variation of origami, called kirigami, as a design template for batteries that can be stretched to more than 150 percent of their original size and still maintain full functionality.

Designer electronics out of the printer

Optimized printing process enables custom organic electronics.

Stacking semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis

Nanowire-based design incorporates two semiconductors to enhance absorption of light.

Researchers sequence and assemble first full genome of a living organism using smartphone size device

Researchers have for the first time sequenced and assembled de novo the full genome of a living organism, the bacteria Escherichia Coli, using a genome sequencer that can fit in the palm of your hand.

A new and game-changing magnetoresistance

Material scientists have found a new kind of magnetoresistance that promises further insight into basic research and could one day be used for practical applications.