Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost ...

The fact that it is transparent, biodegradable in a natural environment, and plastic-like is already fantastic, but there is ...

In the past few years, colloidal quantum dots – solution-processed semiconducting nanocrystals – have emerged as an alternative for mainstream consumer electronics. While toxic heavy-metals, such as ...

A team of researchers in Switzerland, Germany and the US has observed clear evidence of quantum mechanical interference behaviour in collisions between a methane molecule and a gold surface. As well ...