Water molecules on the surface of an electrode flip just before they give up electrons to form oxygen – a feat of nanoscale gymnastics that explains why the reaction takes more energy than it ...

Newly-observed depinning phenomenon could aid the development of more efficient energy harvesters and help keep next-generation fuel handling systems safe ...

Portable multiphoton microscopy system uses femtosecond laser pulses to create pathology-quality diagnostic images ...

“Metasurfaces are engineered materials that manipulate wave behaviour in ways that natural materials cannot,” said Zhong. “In ...

Superfluidity is a quantum mechanical effect that occurs at temperatures near absolute zero. As the temperatures of certain fluids approach this value, they undergo a transition to a zero-viscosity ...

A further attraction of zwitterionic coatings for medical implants is that zwitterions are naturally present in our bodies.

A greenhouse with a perovskite solar cell rooftop led to faster growth and larger leaves in radicchio seedlings ...

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

Mike Edmunds and Zbig Sobiesierski argue that student learning can be boosted by enthusiasm, engagement and enablement ...

Muhammed Hamza Waseem explains how he’s using education and outreach to make his research on quantum computing more ...

Thermal emission measurements from the exoplanet Trappist-1 b suggest two plausible yet contradictory scenarios ...