What used to be a space for research and computer use at the Cranberry Public Library has turned into a Science, Technology, ...

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...

A research team led by Prof. Gao Xiaoming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Instantly turning a material from opaque to transparent, or from a conductor to an insulator, is no longer the stuff of ...

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

The college’s Visualizing Science competition finalists include the winning image of a Logistic Map’s Chaotic Portion by an ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Eindhoven University of Technology have developed an organic ...

Artificial photosynthesis holds the key to cleaner energy and carbon capture, but replicating nature’s process is no easy ...

A study shows humanizing biographical information is needed to make scientists relatable to students and boost their ...

The benchmark fullerene-based electron-transporting materials (ETMs) for inverted perovskite solar cells are often limited by thermal evaporation or stability issues. Here the authors report ...