Scientists explain diverse results around a material that is both insulator and conductor and offer chemical roadmap to harness it.
A simple chemical bonding approach enables assembly of very thin porous protein crystals that are bendable and adaptive—requirements for flexible electronics or batteries.
Towards higher energy density batteries: singly charged lithium ions replaced by doubly charged magnesium ions.
Sticky molecules hop aboard oily floaters and may influence the amount of sunlight reflected by marine clouds.
Researchers tackle a grand challenge by capturing vibrations in the “magic” cage formed when 21-water molecules capture a single proton.
Visible lasers offer exquisite control of x-ray light in a tabletop apparatus, potentially providing access to new insights to chemical reactions, proteins, and even atoms’ inner workings.
Previously unobserved scattering shows unexpected sensitivity to bound electrons, providing new insights into x-ray interactions with matter and opening the door to new probes of matter.
Scientists discover a direct electron-transfer process with a higher efficiency for charge separation than previous mechanisms.
Scientists discover another design principle for building nanostructures.
Team’s approach enables a highly sensitive search for a neutron electric dipole moment, which provides insights into the nature of the universe.
Data derived from these instruments will support climate model simulations of cloud processes.
Understanding differences in modeling soil water will help scientists simulate how this moisture affects the climate.
