Cysteine ligands cause graphene quantum dots to form left- and right-handed helices

A New Twist for Quantum Dots

Tilted Levitation Solves MagLev Problem
Tilting a magnetic levitation tube increases the range of densities it can measure tenfold

Magnesium-Powered Magnetism
New geological model provides missing information on what drives Earth's magnetic dynamo

Electricity from Heartbeats
Piezoelectric microgenerators could use the body's movements to power biomedical implants

Fire-Retardant Graphene Foams
Ultralight compressible foam outperforming traditional flame-retardant materials

Metal-Free Arene-Alkyne Cross-Coupling
Simple sulfoxide-directed reaction leads to useful molecular scaffolds

Keeping Your Touch Screens Clean
Designing device screens that resist fingerprints requires understanding how fingerprints behave

Answering Nature’s Call with a Drug
Medicinal chemists develop a new lead candidate against overactive bladder

Writing With a Bubble Pen
Bubble-pen nanolithography produces precise patterns of nanoparticles on a plasmonic substrate

Tiny Tubes Do Speedy Cleanup
Micromotor device cleans up wastewater pollutants by using them for fuel