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Supercharging silicon batteries
As the world shifts towards renewable energy, moving on from fossil fuels, but at the same time relying on ever more energy-gobbling...
Sep 8, 20173 min read


Nanoparticles limit damage in spinal cord injury
After a spinal cord injury, a significant amount of secondary nerve damage is caused by inflammation and internal scarring that inhibits...
Sep 6, 20173 min read


Nanoparticles loaded with mRNA give disease-fighting properties to cells
A new biomedical tool using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells could make therapies for a variety of...
Aug 30, 20173 min read


A low-cost method for solar-thermal conversion that's simpler and greener
Researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, along with colleagues at...
Aug 29, 20174 min read


Massive particles test standard quantum theory
Quantum mechanics describes how matter behaves on the smallest mass and length scales. However, the absence of quantum phenomena in our...
Aug 9, 20172 min read


Engineers find better way to detect nanoparticles
It's long been thought that two's company and three's a crowd. But electrical and systems engineers at Washington University in St. Louis...
Aug 8, 20173 min read
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