Hybrid system designed to harvest full spectrum of solar energy (w/video)

A new concept could bring highly efficient solar power by combining three types of technologies that convert different parts of the light spectrum and also store energy for use after sundown.

A new way to display the 3-D structure of molecules

Metal-organic frameworks provide a new platform for solving the structure of hard-to-study samples.

X-ray optics on a chip

Researchers report the fabrication and testing of a millimetre-sized chip capable of splitting a beam of X-rays.

Tracing barnacles footprint with atomic force microscopy

Using a modified type of an Atomic Force Microscope, scientists can now measure protein characteristics of even very small traces on a surface.

Determining real molecules in operating batteries

Scientists determined new molecular-level information at the solid/liquid interface, pushing toward better energy storage devices.

'High-occupancy' vehicle battery

Towards higher energy density batteries: singly charged lithium ions replaced by doubly charged magnesium ions.

Spinning ginger into nanoparticles to heal inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers have developed edible ginger-derived nanoparticles that they believe may be good medicine for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. The particles may also help fight cancer linked to colitis, according to experiments in mice.