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First-of-their-kind images could aid in use of DNA to build tiny, lightweight devices.
International team shows that modified graphene is 105 times more sensitive at detecting ammonia.
This development could lead to new materials for ultra-small transistors, diodes, and more
Computer-designed molecular complex can be used in halogen-free electrolytes for batteries with superior performance.
Scientists apprehended the atomic-scale, microscopic mechanism that limits light emission in LED lighting.
Understanding how iron minerals accelerate collaborative metabolism will expand insights into the global carbon cycle.
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.
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.
