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Microscopy Images Could Lead to New Ways to Control Excitons for Quantum Computing

This electron microscopy-derived composite image shows excitons in green. The moiré unit cell outlined in the lower right of the exciton map is about 8 nanometers in size.

Rinse and Repeat: An Easy New Way to Recycle Batteries is Here

Two hands with blue gloves are golding tubes in a lab setting. One tube is filled with a piece of copper that has been cleaned of other components and the other with the alkaline solution used to dissolve the quick-release battery binder

Electronic Bridge Allows Rapid Energy Sharing Between Semiconductors

Artistic depiction of electron transfer driven by an ultrashort laser pulse, across an interface between two atomically-thin materials.

The Donnan Potential, Revealed at Last

A scientist handles a large scientific instrument in the Advanced Light Source.

Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth

A black and white microscopy image of the material; it looks like zoomed in scratches on a hard surface on the left, then the same image in vivid multicolor on the right.

To Battle Climate Change, Scientists Tap Into Carbon-Hungry Microorganisms for Clues

Diagram of carbon dioxide being converted into solar fuels through artificial photosynthesis.

Science in Motion: Nano-Materials to Make Better Light Sensors

Graphic illustration depicting three scenes surrounding a spinning microchip.

Boron Nitride with a Twist Could Lead to New Way to Make Qubits

Four scientists converse with each other in a lab.

Recycling Plastic One Carbon at a Time

White strands extend from the left side of the photo all the way to the right against a black background, with figures of molecules overlaid on top.

Scientists Grow Lead-Free Solar Material With a Built-In Switch

Light microscopy image of nanowires.

Print, Recycle, Repeat: Scientists Demonstrate a Biodegradable Printed Circuit

Scientist conducting an experiment in the lab.

A Faster Way to Study 2D Materials for Next-Generation Quantum and Electronic Devices

A 2D material sample that is held within an ultrahigh vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe microscope.