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Advances in simulating biogeochemical processes in permafrost will improve predictions of potential impacts on climate.
Microbes often evolve and work together to thrive in no oxygen situations, hinting at how carbon and energy flow just below soils and sediments.
Discovery of a new enzyme system sheds further light on a microbe’s ability to efficiently break down inedible plant matter for conversion to biofuels and biobased chemicals.
The orientation-dependent thermal properties of black phosphorous could be used to keep microchips cool and improve their efficiency.
Liquid metal transforms solid alloy into pore-filled structure that could be used in future batteries.
Atomic-scale simulations predict how to use nanoparticles to increase hydrogen production.
Scientists review how we are matching – or exceeding – nature’s ability to make strong, tough lightweight structural materials.
New metal nanomesh leads to super stretchable and transparent gold electrodes that don’t wear out.
Tabletop laser systems generate extreme ultraviolet probes will advance research towards a new generation of energy-conserving electronics.
A simplified architecture leads to efficiencies rivaling conventional silicon solar cells.
Dressing electrons with a rotating field of laser light creates distinct, controllable states, opening the door for innovative electronics.
Patterned arrays of nanometer-sized connections in two-dimensional semiconductors could enable ultrathin integrated circuits for smartphones and solar cells.
