Animals may avoid high voltage power cables because of flashing UV light that is undetectable to humans, scientists say.

Most modern electronics, from flat-screen TVs and smartphones to wearable technologies and computer monitors, use tiny light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. These LEDs are based off of semiconductors that emit light with the movement of electrons. As devices get smaller and faster, there is more demand for such semiconductors that are tinier, stronger and more energy efficient.

Companies to Develop and Market Products Designed for Nanoparticle Characterization.

A new Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, supported by the National Science Foundation and co-located at Penn State University and North Carolina State University, will build on and expand the research capabilities of Penn State's long-running Center for Dielectrics Studies.

U of Utah Engineers Control Conductivity with Inkjet Printer.

A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health.

Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering.

Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The trick to producing a synthetic version of this superstrong material may finally be realized.

The ability to locate and count small numbers of impurity atoms could lead to advances in modern electronics and optical fiber communication networks.

Carnegie Mellon University's Metin Sitti Develops System for Replicating How Geckos Keep Webbed Feet Sticky and Clean.

For close to two decades, Cornell University scientists have developed processes for using polymers to self-assemble inorganic nanoparticles into porous structures that could revolutionize electronics, energy and more.