A new technology lets researchers use metal to create nature-inspired surfaces with unique powers, including rose petals' water-repelling ability.

New 3D-printable synthetic polymers have morphing powers and can self-heal within seconds. They could be useful for more realistic prosthetics.

"Think of SMILES like a light bulb, but instead of being turned on with electricity, they are turned on with light..."

Observations let researchers "see" when and how three individual water molecules left a crystalline sponge as it dried out.

Titanium dioxide crystals that "blink" may benefit quantum computers or the creation of fuels from carbon dioxide, say researchers.

With a bit of voltage, researchers have shown they can turn droplets of liquid metal into streams the diameter of a human hair.

A method to make plastic conductive and more transparent could improve large touchscreens, LED light panels, and window-mounted infrared solar cells.

A new formula for ultrafast insulin could work in much less time than the current stuff, according to research with pigs.

A new study helps to reconcile a Nobel Prize-winning theory with experiments on how solids melt.

Scientists think quantum coherence may play a role in photosynthesis. A new study shows it can offer a roadmap to better solar cells.