Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar ...

Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...

One sweltering August night, when the fire alarm went off in their dorm and the air conditioning was broken, two undergrads found themselves sitting outside ...

Ammonia (NH3) is vital for agriculture, as it is the basis for fertilizers that are needed to feed the world's population.

Nanoparticles—the tiniest building blocks of our world—are constantly in motion, bouncing, shifting, and drifting in ...

How a DNA 3D printer could revolutionize nanochip design, enabling optical computing, cheaper microchips, and eco-friendly fabrication.

Columbia University engineers 3D print self-assembling DNA - using biomolecular code to produce nanoscale devices at scale.

Scientists have established a new design strategy for building 3D materials and devices in a bottom-up manner, using a set of ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...