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A University of Utah-led study using X-rays and neutron beams has revealed the inner workings of a master switch that regulates basic cellular functions, but that also, when mutated, contributes to cancer, cardiovascular disease and other deadly disorders.
Read more about Researchers Look Inside to Reveal Workings of Powerful Biochemical Switch
An emerging class of electrically conductive plastics called "radical polymers” may bring low-cost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft.
Read more about Electrically Conductive Plastics Promising for Batteries, Solar Cells
Researchers at Purdue University studied the atomic structure of, and electrical interactions within, the cytochrome bf complex, a protein complex central to the transport of electrons within membranes of a plant cell, a critical step in photosynthesis.
Read more about Fat Molecules Influence Form and Function of Key Photosynthesis Protein
Scientists from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis have shown a new way to reverse or eliminate energy loss by, ironically, adding loss to a laser system to actually reap energy gains.
Read more about Winning By Losing: School of Engineering Scientists Find a Way to Improve Laser Performance
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have created a cellular probe that combines a tarantula toxin with a fluorescent compound to help scientists observe electrical activity in neurons and other cells.
Read more about Tarantula Venom Illuminates Electrical Activity in Live Cells
UMass Amherst researchers resolve a major biological controversy.
Read more about Imaging Electric Charge Propagating Along Microbial Nanowires
In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, University of Michigan engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets.
Read more about Facetless Crystals That Mimic Starfish Shells Could Advance 3D-printing Pills
A team of Iowa State University nuclear physicists is preparing to scale up its computer codes for Cori, the next-generation supercomputer being developed by the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.
Read more about Iowa State Physicists Among Teams Preparing for New Energy Department Supercomputer
New method at MIT produces particles that can glow with color-coded light and be manipulated with magnets.
Read more about Nanoparticles Get a Magnetic Handle
MIT theorists find a new way to improve efficiency of solar cells by overcoming exciton “traps.”
Read more about Magnetic Fields Make the Excitons Go ’Round
Washington State University researchers have developed a new catalyst that could lead to making biofuels cheaply and more efficiently.
Read more about New Catalyst Could Improve Biofuels Production
Researchers at MIT find new mechanism of photoconduction could lead to next-generation excitonic devices.
Read more about Unconventional Photoconduction in an Atomically Thin Semiconductor
