The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that ...

In spaces smaller than a wavelength of light, electric currents jump from point to point and magnetic fields corkscrew ...

THE arrangement of the non-nuclear electrons in the atom is being determined by work along two lines: first, from the Bohr-Summerfeld theory of characteristic frequencies, and, secondly, from the ...

Carbon-supported single-atom catalysts with metal-N moieties are promising for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. In a breakthrough, a team of researchers from Chung-Ang University proposes a ...

A water-based plasma method creates stable multimetal nanoparticles with a protective shell that improves light driven carbon ...

Researchers’ new method that delivers more control over halide perovskites could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers ...

This discrepancy highlights the need for hybridization. Hybridization postulates that atomic orbitals mix to form new, ...

Scientists used molecular simulations to reveal how polymer chains adhere to alumina surfaces. Adhesion depends on both polymer chemistry and surface termination, with different responses before and ...

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the invisible adhesive zone that forms between certain plastics and metals—one atom ...

The shapes of atomic orbitals also affect the spectroscopic properties of atoms and molecules. The absorption and emission of ...

Here are 15 supposedly “basic” trivia questions most adults can’t actually answer. Let’s see how many you get right. Many ...

Graphene has revolutionized materials science and nanotechnology, showcasing extraordinary electrical, mechanical, and ...