Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

Superionic water—the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the center of distant planets—was ...

The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...

A new exhibit at Clemson University is showcasing the scientific breakthroughs that laid the groundwork for one of today’s ...

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Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham and the University of Ulm has identified a new state of matter, one ...

Developing durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for acidic media is vital for advancing proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE). This study reveals that the stability of ...

Scientists reveal a new state of matter between liquids and solids, where some atoms remain immobile even in molten metals.