Using short laser pulses, researchers have imaged the exact moment an ammonia molecule bends and sheds a hydrogen atom.

Scientists at the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL have realized a long-pursued experimental goal in physics: to show how ...

Researchers led by Rice University's Guido Pagano used a specialized quantum device to simulate a vibrating molecule and ...

The familiar gray face in our night sky is not as passive as it looks. New research suggests the moon has been quietly ...

Scientists discover water that's solid and liquid. Superionic ice found in lab could explain Uranus and Neptune's bizarre ...

After the applied mathematician Peter Shor, then at Bell Labs in New Jersey, showed that a quantum algorithm could, in theory ...

Cholesterol, best known for its link to heart disease, may play an unexpected role in future electronics. Indian researchers ...

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

An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

A recent column on hydrogen water brought a well-deserved slap on the wrist from two experts. Rodney H. from Texas writes (with a few of my added comments): “Sorry about being picky, but as a retired ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. The challenge of targeting condensates is further exacerbated ...