For decades, astronomers have believed they understood how giant stars scatter the chemical building blocks of life across ...

A new exhibit at Clemson University is showcasing the scientific breakthroughs that laid the groundwork for one of today’s ...

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a single-atom photocatalytic strategy that enables ...

An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

Therefore, the presence of nickel and iron atoms in cometary coma is extremely puzzling…” wrote Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. He made this comment to argue that the chemistry surrounding the ...

A new model rectifies the long-standing deficiencies of the electronegativity concept.

Electronics keep shrinking, but silicon is starting to run into physical limits. To go smaller, researchers are turning to ...

Discover the significance of rare-earth elements, their applications in technology, and the global race for their resources.

Orsola De Marco received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated (non-executive director of the Board) with Astronomy Australia Ltd. a not-for-profit company serving Australian ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. For the first time, physicists peer inside the ...

Stephen L. Levy receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. He is affiliated with CyteQuest, Inc. Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who ...