New findings show how imperfections and electrodes work together to power reliable, energy-efficient computer memory at the atomic scale. (Nanowerk News) Picture the smartphone in your pocket, the ...

A visualization of an atom-thin crystal sandwiched between electrodes. Auburn physicists discovered that electrodes and tiny atomic imperfections help the material switch between insulating and ...

Brain cells communicate via chemical signals and short electrical impulses, a phenomenon doctors have long aimed to harness in medicine. But delivering jolts to the nervous system, also known as ...

Wouldn't it be great if batteries were more powerful, charged faster, and lasted longer? Well, that may be a reality in the very near future, and it could have a huge impact on the electrical vehicle ...

For the first time, researchers have harnessed the body’s own chemistry to “grow” electrodes inside the tissues of living fish, blurring the boundary between biology and machines. The technique uses ...