Researchers wrap nanotubes around rubber core, sparking a creation that may lead to artificial muscles, sensors

DNA, the molecular foundation of life, has new tricks up its sleeve. The four bases from which it is composed snap together like jigsaw pieces and can be artificially manipulated to construct endlessly varied forms in two and three dimensions.

Whether you're tracking your steps, monitoring your health or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long as possible. If the power necessary to transmit and receive information from a wearable to a computer, cellular or Wi-Fi network were reduced, you could get a lot more mileage out of the technology you're wearing before having to recharge it.

New family of molecules have a wide range of applications from molecular sensors to light-controlling devices.

The same quality that buffers a raincoat against downpours or a pan against sticky foods can also boost the performance of solar cells, according to a new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers.

Berkeley Lab's SINGLE provides images of individual nanoparticles in solution

Method for growing 'hybrid' crystals at the nanoscale incorporates quantum dots into a host nanowire with perfect junctions between the components.

Electronics giant TDK Corp. and the University of Alabama have signed a two-pronged research agreement to address challenges associated with the growing electric-energy movement and the miniaturization of electronic components.

Groundbreaking work at two Department of Energy national laboratories has confirmed plutonium’s magnetism, which scientists have long theorized but have never been able to experimentally observe. The advances that enabled the discovery hold great promise for materials, energy and computing applications.

X-ray studies at SLAC's synchrotron pave the way for better methods to convert sunlight to electricity.

Researchers have developed a new design for a cloaking device that overcomes some of the limitations of existing “invisibility cloaks.” 

A new recycling method developed by scientists at the Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, recovers valuable rare-earth magnetic material from manufacturing waste and creates useful magnets out of it. Efficient waste-recovery methods for rare-earth metals are one way to reduce demand for these limited mined resources.