Newly discovered organic nanowires leave manmade technologies in their dust
The discovery, featured in the current issue of Scientific Reports, describes the high-speed protein fiber produced by uranium-reducing Geobacter bacteria. The fibers are hair-like protein filaments called "pili" that have the unique property of...
Entanglement becomes easier to measure: New protocol to detect entanglement of many-particle quantum states

Quantum systems consisting of many particles can enter highly intricate states with strong so-called multiparticle entanglement. A new-...
Solar fuels: A refined protective layer for the 'artificial leaf'

The illustration shows the structure of the sample: n-doped silicon layer (black), a thin silicon oxide layer (gray), an intermediate layer...
First Discovery of a Binary Companion for a Type Ia Supernova
Pumping up energy storage with metal oxides

This schematic illustration shows metal oxides tented inside graphene. Many metal oxide/graphene composites offer unexpected capacity...
Iranian Scientists Synthesize Nanocomposite Surfaces to Eliminate Air Polluting Gases
UGA researchers find potential treatment for prostate cancer

Somanath Shenoy is an associate professor of Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy.
Could bread mold build a better rechargeable battery?

This is an artistic rendering of a carbonized fungal biomass-manganese oxide mineral composite (MycMnOx/C) can be applied as a novel...