Physicists at the University of Washington have conducted the most precise and controlled measurements yet of the interaction between the atoms and molecules that comprise air and the type of carbon surface used in battery electrodes and air filters — key information for improving those technologies.

One of the world's leading aerospace companies has selected Mississippi's flagship research university to host its Stitched Resin Infused Composite Research Center.

A simulated flip from metal to insulator might be used to encode information.

Scientists around the world are using the programmability of DNA to assemble complex nanometer-scale structures. Until now, however, production of these artificial structures has been limited to water-based environments, because DNA naturally functions inside the watery environment of living cells.

Collaboration could lead to biodegradable computer chips.

Scientists alter attractive and repulsive forces between DNA-linked particles to make dynamic, phase-shifting forms of nanomaterials.

Growing up in a household of artists and engineers, Peter Thelin was destined for a career in which artistry mattered. Only for him, art has come in the form of manipulating the shapes, sizes and qualities of optics. And now, as one of the few remaining practitioners of hand-polishing optics, Thelin is passing his artistry along to the next generation of optics specialists.

Twin boundaries in lithium-ion batteries.

ORNL, Washington State researchers craft recipe for tunable shape-memory polymer.

Berkeley Lab study shows properly managed damage can boost material thermoelectric performances.

A new, environmentally-friendly paper that glows could lead to sustainable, roll-up electronics.

Discovery sheds new light on 175-year-old principle