Science

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research and Microscopy and Analysis Present the Webinar: “Video-Rate Atomic Force Microscopy Enables New Research Opportunities”

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Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

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Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells: Conductivity is highest-ever for thin film oxide semiconductor material

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A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever...

'Hot' electrons don't mind the gap: Rice University scientists find nanogaps in plasmonic gold wires enhance voltage when excited

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Rice University scientists discovered that 'hot' electrons can create a photovoltage about a thousand times larger than ordinary...

A Lot of Galaxies Need Guarding in This NASA Hubble View

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"Iceball" Planet Discovered through Microlensing

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A New Angle on Two Spiral Galaxies for Hubble’s 27th Birthday

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When the Hubble Space Telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April...

Making Batteries From Waste Glass Bottles: UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and personal electronics

Even with the recycling programs, billions of glass bottles end up in landfills every year, prompting the researchers to ask whether silicon dioxide in waste beverage bottles could provide high purity silicon nanoparticles for lithium-ion batteries....