From table salt to snowflakes, and from gemstones to diamonds—we encounter crystals everywhere in daily life, usually cubic ...

For a mere moment after the Big Bang, no neutrons or protons are thought to have existed. These neutral and positively charged particles, respectively, make up the center of all atoms today. But ...

For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based ...

Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) are gaining traction as a next-generation technology to complement the widely used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). NIBs offer clear advantages versus LIBs in terms of ...

Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...

A common iron mineral hiding in soil turns out to be far better at trapping carbon than scientists realized. Its surface ...

A doctoral researcher in Australia has successfully recreated cosmic dust inside a laboratory, offering a new way to study ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

Cheap, printable photovoltaics gain a protective step that survives thermal stress during fabrication—vital to scale clean power in harsh climates.

CERN's ALICE experiment has resolved the puzzle of deuteron formation, showing that most deuterons form via resonance-driven ...

In an effort to provide a more robust, cohesive approach to working with the Gates Mills Land Conservancy to identify the overall conservation and open space needs in the village, Mayor Steve ...