A new technique holds promise for the creation of catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water that is acidic. The technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the U.S.

Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside.

A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame have created an inexpensive "solar paint" that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy.

A team of scientists has engineered one of the world's smallest electronic circuits. It is formed by two wires separated by only about 150 atoms or 15 nanometers.

In a recently published paper, researchers report the development of a novel type of nano-transistors which are based on individually gated nanometer scale nanowire heterojunctions where electrons and holes are filtered selectively. 

The recent discovery of 18 planets by scientists at the Caltech is the largest collection of confirmed planets around stars more massive than the sun.

A new study shows that chemical sensors made with less perfect graphene may have better sensitivity. Researchers produced graphene chemical sensors with either near-perfect structures or deliberatively defective structures and found that the graphene sensors with edges and line defects were more sensitive in detecting gas analytes. 

A new research shows us how silkworms beat materials scientists by spinning silk with minimum energy expenditure. Scientists demonstrate that natural silks are a thousand times more efficient than synthetic polymers when it comes to forming fibers.