Environmentally friendly material tweaked to soak up to five times its weight in oil, float four months in icy, rough waters

The team has studied head- and eye-injury risk for dozens of toys, including lightsabers, darts, toy helicopters, pellet guns, water guns, bows, and miniature drones

Up-close, real-time, chemical-sensitive 3D imaging offers clues for reducing cost/improving performance of catalysts for fuel-cell-powered vehicles and other applications

Science synopsis: Strong signs of quantum spin liquid observed in YbMgGaO4 crystals by neutron scattering off ytterbium electrons

New technique reveals direct experimental evidence of strong coupling between electron motion and deformations in atomic arrangements that affect the flow of current

Existing retroreflectors are usually made with glass microbeads and microprisms

Materials researchers Anja-Verena Mudring and Volodymyr Smetana were the first to create and accurately characterize the compound

New website offers consumers slip resistance ratings to help choose best boots to buy

The new film is made of fused silver nanowires, and is produced by spraying the nanowire particles through a tiny jet nozzle at supersonic speed

Berkeley Lab method could help scientists learn new ways to boost photovoltaic efficiency

Nanotech enables powerful and portable sterilization equipment

“Our goal is not just to make safer batteries, but also to increase energy capacity," lead researcher says