A growing body of experimental work on how single bacteria sense and respond to their environment has reopened a long-standing question in biology and philosophy: can an individual cell be conscious?

Researchers have uncovered the mechanical properties of the nanoscale "thorns" that develop inside lithium-ion batteries, which can cause them to short circuit and die – or worse, such as ...

Researchers working with copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cells reported a 20.4 percent efficiency result on flexible polymer films, a level that underscores how far high-performance thin ...