(Nanowerk Spotlight) How often have you crumpled a sheet of paper in frustration and thrown it into the bin without further thought? You'll be amazed to hear that researchers – inspired by a trash can ...

Researchers from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering worked with a graphene structure, the particles of which resemble ‘crumpled paper balls’, and have created a scaffold onto ...

Crumpled graphene balls self-disperse in oil to reduce friction and protect engines better than commercial lubricants. When an automobile's engine is improperly lubricated, it can be a major hit to ...

WHEN you throw out your Christmas wrapping paper this year, don’t tell Narayanan Menon and Anne Dominique Cambou. You’ll be throwing away examples of their painstaking research. That’s because they ...