Project leader Andras J. Heinrich explained that the movie was a fun way to share the atomic-scale world. He also stated that ...

Every chemical reaction faces a barrier: For substances to react with one another, it is first necessary to supply energy. In ...

A new catalyst built from isolated indium atoms allows scientists to convert CO2 into methanol more efficiently while revealing the hidden chemistry that drives the reaction.

Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...

Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.

Dr Reyaz Ahmad When we speak of death, we usually resort to the language of biology—the stopping of a heart, the ceasing of ...

A newly isolated three-atom aluminum ring reveals unexpected chemistry that could help replace costly metals used in industrial reactions.

Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits, and ...

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.

Oil prices are spiking again, this time because of the war unfolding in the Middle East. What would happen, however, if we could end our reliance on oil for good? People have been ...

Have you ever felt like you’ve been stuck in the gap between ideas and reality? You sketch something exciting, imagine users paying for it, and then the project dies in a folder of unfinished files.

Cultivating a healthy sense of mutual obligations running two ways, between society and individual and between individual and ...