The ScopeX Lab and the Yao Group are on the cutting edge of photonics-based research and mid-infrared sensing technologies ...

(Nanowerk News) A simulation of electrical current moving through a futuristic electronic transistor has been modeled atom-by-atom in less than 15 minutes by Purdue University researchers. The work ...

When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, ...

The first-ever atomic-detail computer simulation of how proteins vibrate in a crystal has been performed. Understanding how proteins -- life's worker molecules -- interact with each other is a major ...

Only one side of a silver crystal has the right structure to trigger ice formation, revealing how these particles help clouds ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...