2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (980+ words) Aluminum, one of the most common metals on Earth, may soon play a far more valuable role in advanced chemistry. Scientists have recently developed a new aluminum-based compound capable of performing catalytic reactions that are typically handled by rare and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (784+ words) Scientists have engineered a new quantum structure that directly challenges long-standing assumptions about how atoms interact with light and their surroundings. The object, known as a giant superatom (GSA), behaves like a single atom even though it is physically larger…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (823+ words) Chemists have long understood how reactions begin and end, but the most decisive moments when bonds stretch and finally break have remained hidden from direct view. These steps unfold at extreme speeds, driven by electrons governed by quantum-mechanical rules. Now,…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1060+ words) For decades, science textbooks and popular astronomy alike have repeated a simple idea: planets and people are made of stardust forged in ancient stellar explosions. While this remains broadly true, new meteorite evidence suggests the delivery mechanism of that material…...