Inside what looks like a simple block of frozen water, quantum mechanics is quietly rewriting the rules of chemistry. New calculations are revealing how protons tunnel, bonds flicker and molecules ...

In industrial pipes, mineral deposits build up the way limescale collects inside a kettle ⎯ only on a far larger and more ...

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that are missing an electron. They get a bad rap, but could they actually have ...

The team has created an ultrathin metasurface device that boosts nonlinear optical effects at the nanoscale. The advance ...

Simulations comparing aluminum oxide models with differing amounts of corrugation demonstrate the significance of hydroxyl ...

A new study by Rice engineers shows that lab-grown diamond coatings could help diminish mineral scaling in industrial piping, ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical ...

This coupling heavily influences performance and yield. Heat induces mechanical deformation, deformation alters carrier ...

Trace chloride alters gold surface chemistry by forming a short-lived covalent layer of chloride ions on gold atoms.

Talk about twisted science! This year, chemists reached new heights of knottiness with “perplexanes,” entangled molecules with fiendishly complex topology (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, DOI: ...