How Coronavirus Can Be Stopped: 3D Atomic Map of COVID-19’s Viral Replication Mechanism
To better understand how the novel coronavirus behaves and how it can be stopped, scientists have completed a three-dimensional map that reveals the location of…
Molecular Physics
Scientists Make Electrifying Diamond Find
Diamond could conduct electricity like metals when it is deformed to strains at the nanoscale, according to predictions from a study by an international team…
New Battery Technology Enables Charging Electric Cars Up to 90% in Just 6 Minutes
With Telsa in the lead, the electric vehicle market is growing around the world. Unlike conventional cars that use internal combustion engines, electric cars are…
Boosting Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells by Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat
Led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a study of a solar-energy material with a bright…
Near Infrared-Absorbing Hydrocarbon Revealed by Molecular Design Strategy
The lessons learned from a near infrared absorbing, bowl-shaped molecule made only from hydrogen and carbon atoms offers insights for future organic conductors. Nagoya University…
Zeptoseconds: New World Record in Short Time Measurement As Physicists Track the Propagation of Light in a Molecule
Physicists from Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin track the propagation of light in a molecule. In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists…
Making Disorder for an Ideal Battery: Disordered Yet Highly Symmetrical Structure
Manufacturing safer, more powerful batteries that use geopolitically stable resources requires solid electrolytes and replacing lithium with sodium. A chemical solution is now being offered…
Tetrahedra May Explain Water’s Uniqueness – Special Qualities That Are Essential for Life
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo sifted through experimental data to probe the possibility that supercooled water has a…
New Molecule Developed to Store Solar Energy in Chemical Bonds
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the…
Scientists Discover Simple Innovation to Make Quantum States Last 10,000 Times Longer
Simple innovation expected to open multiple new avenues for quantum science. If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities. But first, scientists…
Liquid Crystal Chameleons: Easy-to-Read, Color-Changing Sensors
Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand…
Ultracold Mystery Solved: Researchers Crack a Molecular Disappearing Act
By manipulating ultracold molecules mid-chemical reaction, researchers crack a molecular disappearing act. In a famous parable, three blind men encounter an elephant for the first…
Pioneering Method Track Molecules in Real Time to Reveal Dynamic Structure in HIV
Technique can track molecules in real time, at room temperature. Viruses are scary. They invade our cells like invisible armies, and each type brings its…
Pentadiamond: Scientists Devise a Way to Build a Harder Diamond
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba use computer calculations to propose a new way to rearrange the carbon atoms in a diamond to make it…
Order Out of Disorder in Ice
The glass structure of a material is often believed to mimic its corresponding liquid. Polyamorphism between ices has been used as a guide to elucidate…
Snapshot of Exploding Oxygen Using Experimental “X-Ray” of Individual Molecules
New experimental technique with Goethe University’s reaction microscope allows ‘X-ray’ of individual molecules. For more than 200 years, we have been using X-rays to look…
Elusive New Liquid Phase Found by Scientists After a Century of Searching
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years…
First Direct Look at How Light Excites Electrons to Kick Off a Chemical Reaction Within Millionths of a Billionth of a Second
Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation. Seeing the very first step opens the door to observing chemical…