Angela N. H. Creager is Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science at Princeton University in New Jersey. Her latest book is Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine. The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey Matthew…
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a cheap catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a…
Topological insulators are innovative materials that conduct electricity on the surface, but act as insulators on the inside. Physicists at the University of Basel and the Istanbul Technical University have begun investigating how they react to…
Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures—known as dendrites and whiskers—that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a fire. The team, led by Chongmin Wang…
