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Computer-designed molecular complex can be used in halogen-free electrolytes for batteries with superior performance.
Microbes often evolve and work together to thrive in no oxygen situations, hinting at how carbon and energy flow just below soils and sediments.
Understanding how iron minerals accelerate collaborative metabolism will expand insights into the global carbon cycle.
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.
Advances in simulating biogeochemical processes in permafrost will improve predictions of potential impacts on climate.
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.
New metal nanomesh leads to super stretchable and transparent gold electrodes that don’t wear out.
Scientists review how we are matching – or exceeding – nature’s ability to make strong, tough lightweight structural materials.
Tabletop laser systems generate extreme ultraviolet probes will advance research towards a new generation of energy-conserving electronics.
Atomic-scale simulations predict how to use nanoparticles to increase hydrogen production.
A simplified architecture leads to efficiencies rivaling conventional silicon solar cells.
