The development involved hitting gold nanoparticles with just one laser pulse. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) ...

In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties. Using genetically modified bacteria as an environmentally friendly ...

For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials. In the stunning new videos, particles rain down, tumble along ...

Students Tackling Advanced Research, or STAR, gives first-year Dragons a summer to join a faculty-led project and learn how research really happens. The goal is early mentorship, real responsibility, ...

A team of researchers has developed a new type of material that could make the process of separating gases cleaner and more ...

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles. The team engineered colloidal crystals ...

Materials scientists have long sought solutions to mitigate the escalating energy crisis and environmental impact driven by rising global energy consumption, particularly the significant portion ...