Hot topic Fluorescent nanodiamonds coated with a heat-releasing polymer act as both a heat source and a sensor for intracellular measurements of thermal conductivity. (Courtesy: iStock/Mervana) A ...

Japanese researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have developed a new material that could dramatically improve fuel cell technology. Containing rubidium (Rb), this new material ...

Neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) generate action potentials at the axon initial segment (AIS) in response to polysynaptic and intrinsic somatodendritic currents that traverse the soma and ...

James McGrath, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech, will announce his research group's latest development, a PEM material that retains conductivity during low humidity, ...

Hydration significantly boosts ion conductivity in Ba 7 Nb 4 MoO 20, a promising ceramic electrolyte candidate for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, but its origin and mobile ionic species were ...