New approach to preventing common skin allergy to nickel uses calcium nanoparticles to trap nickel before it enters the body

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Nanoscale cooling effect in graphene transistors could improve computer chip performance and eliminate the need for cooling fans

When the fire alarm rings in the Wonderlab – who is the first to safety and who is the cause?

Chun-Li Bai was recently appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nanoscale robotic arm possible with DNA-based device that can move and lock in eleven distinct positions

Synthetic material gets stronger from repeated stress much like bones after repeated workouts

X-rays are not the only way: Phosphorescent metal–organic coordination polymers can also be used in optical imaging

Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences

Templated growth allowed US researchers to make almost zero-resistance nanoscopic ribbons of epitaxial graphene just 15–40 nanometers wide