A LANL team demonstrates that using their “designer” quantum dots, they can achieve light amplification in a nanocrystal solid with direct-current electrical pumping

Perimeter Institute launches the Centre for the Universe, a global focal point for research into key questions in cosmology

A team of scientists at University of Montreal's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine has come up with a novel approach to block the transfer of resistance genes

Researchers from Penn State and Princeton University have taken a big step toward creating a diode laser from a hybrid organic-inorganic material that can be deposited from solution on a laboratory benchtop

Planet appears to have water-restricted environment

In the short term, the advance should particularly help with organic light-emitting diodes that operate at high energy to emit colors such as green and blue

Forgeries and product piracy are detrimental to society and industry—3-D microstructures can increase security—KIT researchers develop innovative fluorescent 3-D structures

ESO's HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet around Ross 128

The new Kevlar-based hydrogel recreates the magic of cartilage by combining a network of tough nanofibers from Kevlar with polyvinyl alcohol

High resolution 3D block face imaging for biological samples with fast acquisition rates and minimal sample damage

Recent findings could be used in a simple and inexpensive biodegradable device for water purification

Ideal starting point to stock new labs and replace consumables