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Microbes often evolve and work together to thrive in no oxygen situations, hinting at how carbon and energy flow just below soils and sediments.
Findings could aid contaminant management efforts at former weapons production and industrial processing sites.
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.
Junctions between conductive graphene and insulating nanotubes could lead to faster electronics and computers.
Liquid metal transforms solid alloy into pore-filled structure that could be used in future batteries.
Inexpensive method allows synthesis of a tiny solar cell that pumps out fuel.
New tabletop laser achieves sought-after energies needed for advanced characterization with unprecedented precision and range.
Templates allow for materials with deliberate sizes and shapes for solar cells and electricity generation from waste heat.
Theoretical modeling of energy loss in solar cells may lead to more efficient materials to convert sunlight to electricity.
Atomic-scale simulations predict how to use nanoparticles to increase hydrogen production.
Predictable assembly of protein building blocks result in a new class of porous materials, with potential uses ranging from efficient fuel storage to practical carbon capture and conversion.
