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 ...

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.

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

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

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon ...

New dendritic silica/titania mesoporous nanoparticles (DSTNs) loaded with curcumin (CUR) were synthesized and coated with polyethylenimine-folic acid groups (PEI-FA) for an ultrasound (US)-triggered ...

Silica gel packets, those tiny pouches you often find in new shoes, vitamin bottles, or electronics packaging, are designed to soak up moisture.