Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts ...

Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

Known as “islands of inversion,” these odd regions are found among a sea of normal nuclei. Now, a new island may have been ...

Under extreme planetary conditions, water turns into a strange, electricity-conducting solid hidden deep inside giant planets.

Uranium dioxide, the principal nuclear fuel in many reactors, exhibits complex defect chemistry that directly influences its electronic structure and overall performance. The presence of point defects ...

An interatomic potential is a set of mathematical rules that describes the complex dance of forces between atoms — how atomic ...