VLT Clears Up Dusty Mystery

A group of astronomers has been able to follow stardust being made in real time — during the aftermath of a supernova explosion....
Using Sand to Improve Battery Performance: Researchers develop low cost, environmentally friendly way to produce sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times

Schematic showing how sand is turned into pure nano-silicon.
New Discovery in Living Cell Signaling

This gif of membrane-anchored Ras (red) and SOS molecules (green) shows individual...
With 'ribbons' of graphene, width matters: A narrow enough ribbon will transform a high-performance conductor into a semiconductor

Yaoyi Li (foreground) and Mingxing Chen, UWM physics postdoctoral researchers, display an image of a ribbon of graphene 1 nanometer wide....
New Method Introduced for Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles
Newfound Frozen World Orbits in Binary Star System

This artist's rendering shows a newly discovered planet (far right) orbiting one star (right) of a binary star system....
Making dreams come true: Making graphene from plastic?

How to manufacture transparent and conductive carbon nanosheet using PIM-1 polymer solution: (a) Quart substrate is being coated with PIM-1...
New Model Presented to Study Postbuckling Behavior of Nano/Microbeams