Oxygen, the colorless and odorless gas that is essential to the survival of humans and other living organisms, is estimated ...

Water, though familiar, still hides astonishing secrets. When squeezed into nanosized channels, it can enter a bizarre “premelting state” that is both solid and liquid at once. Using advanced NMR ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have announced a new discovery.

Despite being one of the most familiar substances on Earth, water holds many secrets that scientists are still working to ...

Researchers in Vienna have discovered something remarkable: crystals that don’t form in space, like diamonds or salt, but in ...

Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

Scientists have for the first time recorded complicated structures in ice formed by freezing liquid water at the nanoscale.

You'd think there's nothing surprising left to discover about water. After all, researchers have been studying its properties ...

Although arc welding was patented in 1890, it took quite a while before it became popular in the United States, mainly ...

Despite being one of the most familiar substances on Earth, water holds many secrets that scientists are still working to understand. When confined to ...

One particularly intriguing phase of confined water is called the “premelting state.” In this unusual condition, water appears to hover between freezing and melting simultaneously, resisting ...