Biochemical understanding of how plants regulate oil synthesis could point to new strategies for producing renewable energy-rich chemicals Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S.... Read more
By texturing glass surfaces with nanosized features, scientists almost completely eliminated surface reflections–an achievement that could enhance solar cell efficiency, improve electr... Read more
Even as the power of our modern computers grows exponentially, biological systems — like our brains — remain the ultimate learning machines. By finding materials that act in ways similar to... Read more
An electron microscope–based lithography system for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer could be used to create and study materials with new properties The ability t... Read more
New technique leverages controlled interactions across surfaces to create self-assembled materials with unprecedented complexity Building nanomaterials with features spanning just billionths... Read more
A team led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, has discovered a new phase-transition optical material and demonstrated novel devices that dynamical... Read more
Graphene, the two-dimensional powerhouse, packs extreme durability, electrical conductivity, and transparency into a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. Despite being heralded as a breakthrough... Read more
An international team of physicists has published ground-breaking research on the decay of subatomic particles called kaons – which could change how scientists understand the formation of th... Read more
New technique developed at Brookhaven Lab makes self-assembly 1,000 times faster and could be used for industrial-scale solar panels and electronics Nanoscale materials feature extraordinary... Read more
Columbia researchers used Brookhaven Lab supercomputer simulations to map and compare the transformations and breaking points of graphene and other promising monolayers. Interested in an ult... Read more
“If this state could persist at ambient temperature, it would profoundly transform our technological world” Three physicists at the Université de Sherbrooke led an international... Read more
The holy grail is to design a material where the pairs are bound together so strongly that superconductivity can happen even up to room temperature High-temperature superconductors exhibit a... Read more
Small Particles, Big Findings Sometimes big change comes from small beginnings. That’s especially true in the research of Anatoly Frenkel, a professor of physics at Yeshiva University, who i... Read more