Mystery of negative capacitance in perovskite solar cells solved

Scientists reveal the origin of apparently high and even negative capacitance values observed in perovskite solar cells.

Carbon dioxide to methanol conversion with highly efficient nanocatalyst

Chemists have developed a highly efficient nanostructured catalyst based on zinc and silver that can convert carbon dioxide, an environmental pollutant and greenhouse gas, to methanol for use as chemical feedstock and fuel.

Microswimmers - see and be seen

Microscopic swimmers with visual perception of group members form stable swarms.

Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances

Researchers reveal amazing biological 'wires' of a sort never seen before.

Magnetic nanoparticles can 'burn' cancer cells

Magnetic hyperthermia is still a highly experimental cancer treatment, but new research shows that the therapy is tunable.

Order hidden in disorder

Convergence to hyperuniformity in amorphous systems can be used to develop novel materials and study cell tissue.

Laser focus sheds light on two sources of nanoparticle formation

Supercomputer tells origin story of nanoparticle size distributions with large-scale ablation simulations.