1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (198+ words) Scientists have created twisted laser beams that interact differently with right-handed and left-handed molecules, revealing their identity through the fragments they produce. The approach could provide a faster, simpler, and more sensitive way to analyze important molecules used in chemistry…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (656+ words) Swedish researchers are exploring how the country's mineral resources could support cleaner production of rare earth elements (REE) and the powerful magnets made from them. As part of the Sustainable materials and material flows research area, Martin Sahlberg is studying…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (611+ words) Many plastic items are used for only a few minutes or hours, but the material can remain in the environment for decades or even centuries. Researchers are now exploring a different approach: plastics designed to break themselves down when activated....

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (481+ words) Researchers have for the first time isolated a compound that could open new doors in understanding the chemistry that supports life in space. "This is essentially a prebiotic concentrate -- a seed of life molecule," Fortenberry said. "It's something that can…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (216+ words) Gold may have a secret self-defense system that helps it resist tarnishing. Researchers discovered that atoms on gold surfaces reorganize themselves into patterns that block oxygen from reacting with the metal, suppressing oxidation by up to a trillion-fold. Beyond explaining…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (341+ words) Now, an interdisciplinary team at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (MPI-SusMat) has identified exactly how these dendrites trigger fractures that ultimately lead to battery failure. Their findings were published in the journal Nature. Exactly how soft lithium dendrites…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (400+ words) Scientists have rewritten the story of gallium after discovering that its unusual atomic bonds re-form at high temperatures, contradicting decades of accepted theory. The finding changes how researchers explain why the metal melts so easily and behaves unlike almost any…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) In most materials, the way heat is absorbed and the way it is emitted are inseparable. If a surface absorbs heat efficiently from a particular direction or wavelength, it also emits heat the same way. This long established principle, known…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (753+ words) Water has been studied more than almost any other substance, yet scientists have long debated a surprisingly simple question: What happens to its chemistry when it is squeezed into spaces only a few molecules wide? Those tiny spaces exist throughout…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) A newly proposed quantum sensing technique could make it much easier to identify one of physics’ newest and most intriguing classes of magnets: altermagnets. These unusual materials, discovered only a few years ago, appear to combine the speed and efficiency…...