Scientists use ultrafast laser to flip materials into a different electronic state

A burst of invisible light can do more than illuminate a surface. In a new study, Michigan State University researchers used ...

Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...

Latest Bracketology Brings Good News for Texas A&M Basketball

At just about the halfway mark of head coach Bucky McMillan's rookie season with the Texas A&M Aggies, the latest ...

A protein 'tape recorder' enables scientists to measure and decode cellular processes at scale and over time

Unraveling the mysteries of how biological organisms function begins with understanding the molecular interactions within and ...

Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...
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Protein “Tape Recorder” Captures Cellular Interactions Over Time

Researchers developed CytoTape, an intracellular protein fiber that records cellular activity over time using molecular tags.

The truffle-hunting dogs sniffing out new species in the name of science

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

Eye-surgery laser could be adapted for other organs, say scientists

Scientists in Scotland have shown that a type of laser already similar to the one currently used in routine eye surgery could ...

Thomas Edison May Have Created a Miracle Material Before Physics Knew It Existed

A modern materials study suggests that Thomas Edison’s early light bulb experiments may have unknowingly produced graphene decades before the material was formally theorized or isolated. Thomas Edison ...