Angela Belcher found a way to turn nature's zombies into a tiny assembly line. But creating a new power cell might be just the beginning.

Method with polarized light can create and measure nonsymmetrical states in a layered material.

Aerogels for solar devices and windows are more transparent than glass.

Most materials have a fixed ability to conduct heat, but applying voltage to this thin film changes its thermal properties drastically.

Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.

Matt Shoulders hopes to shed light on diseases linked to flawed protein folding.

Investments in energy efficiency projects, sustainable design elements essential as campus transforms.

Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting.