Similar to humans, the bacteria and tiny plants living in the ocean need iron for energy and growth. But their situation is quite different from ours -- for one, they can't turn to natural iron ...

Miniscule particles of fool's gold, spewing from hydrothermal vents, fertilize the oceans with iron, new research indicates. It's no surprise that fool's gold entered the oceans in the hot, ...

Iron pyrite, or fool’s gold, is easy to distinguish from the real thing if you know what you’re looking at. It’s brassy, more ...

Iron pyrite — also known as fool’s gold — may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry. The mineral, among the most abundant in the earth’s crust, is ...

If you add quantum dots - nanocrystals 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair - to a smartphone battery it will charge in 30 seconds, but the effect only lasts for a few recharge cycles.

Vanderbilt engineers have discovered that adding quantum dots made from fool's gold to the electrodes of standard lithium batteries can substantially boost their performance. If you add quantum dots - ...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have gained new insight into the nanoscale workings of Lithium Ion batteries, a discovery that could speed the development of batteries that can be recharged in ...