New atom-by-atom technique demonstrated for the first time with nobelium might ensure that elements at the bottom of the table are grouped correctly ...

Now add pentagons, septagons, and octagons of carbon atoms into the sheet, and you’re looking at a new form of ultra-thin ...

Heatwaves can cause more potentially deadly polluted air, according to new research. It is not just high temperatures that ...

Research finds it may not only be temperatures that make heat waves unsafe but also the heat-related increase in airborne ...

The force between electrical charges is kind of a big deal—without it, the universe would be a primordial soup, and you would ...

Most of us remember the Pythagorean Theorem as "a² + b² = c²," but beyond that, it tends to get fuzzy. Dr. Sarah Williams, a ...

An international research team led by Robert Ott and Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as ...

Most metals found in nature are actually in their oxide forms. To extract those metals for use in critical ...

Louisiana Tech University’s Physics Department within the College of Engineering and Science has been awarded a three-year, ...

Scientists have warned that prolonged periods of scorching heat can be particularly hazardous in already hot places ...

Scientists have delineated the critical atomic-scale mechanism that enables water to significantly enhance platinum ...

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