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…
Molecular Physics
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…
2D Nano Sandwich Is Deliciously Useful for Detecting Biomolecules
Rice University engineers adapt 2D ‘sandwich’ for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. A sandwich of molybdenum, sulfur, and selenium turns out to be deliciously useful for detecting…
New MIT ‘Refrigerator’ Super-Cools Molecules to Nanokelvin Temperatures
Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing. For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules…
Devices to Process Ultra-High-Speed Wireless Data and Harvest Energy for Power Simultaneously
Researchers Develop One-Way Street for Electrons Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a one-way street for electrons that may unlock…
Supercomputer Completes Massive Coronavirus Simulations to Help Design New Drugs and Vaccines
New simulations can help researchers design new drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus. Scientists are preparing a massive computer model of the coronavirus that…
Pattern of Waves Found in Growing Organisms Similar to Ocean Circulations and Quantum Fluids
Growth of an Organism Rides on a Pattern of Waves Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to other systems, from ocean…
Secrets of 18th-Century Portrait Revealed by Team of Physicists, Chemists and Art Specialists
Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of RAS, and Russia’s famed Tretyakov Gallery have…
A Single X-Ray Strike Is Enough to Destroy an Entire Molecule
Radiation damage spreads among close neighbors: A single soft x-ray can destroy a protein-sized molecule. A single x-ray can unravel an enormous molecule, physicists report…
Tickling an Atom to Investigate Atomic Impurities in Nanomaterials
Scientists working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. The position of a single atom in a material can change the fundamental properties of…