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Scientists design outstanding catalysts by controlling the composition and shape of these tiny plate-like structures on the nanoscale.
Scientists set record resolution for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer using microscope-based lithography.
For the first time, self-organized, soft machines powered by molecular motors propelled fluid for hours across meters.
Big impacts on crystal formation result from small changes and reveal design principles for new materials for solar cells, more.
Specific modifications to fungi DNA may hold the secret to turning common plant degradation agents into biofuel producers
Neutrons provide the solution to nanoscale examination of living cell membrane and confirm the existence of lipid rafts.
Researchers convert 80 percent of biomass into high-value products.
Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.
Common constituents prevent uranium from precipitating from liquids, letting it travel with groundwater.
Seven-year-study shows plant growth does not sustainably balance carbon losses from solar warming and permafrost thaw.
The force that enables nanosize crystals to grow could be used to design new materials.
Scarce compound is key for cellular metabolism and may help shape microbial communities that affect environmental cycles and bioenergy production.
