From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

From the burning of wood to the ways drugs work, the properties and behaviour of matter are governed by the way chemical elements bond with one another. The intricate electronic structures of the ...

Pore-forming proteins are found throughout nature. In humans, they play key roles in immune defense, while in bacteria they ...

Sodium is in group 1. A sodium atom has one electron in its outer shell. The atom is more stable if it has a full outer shell. A sodium atom can lose its outer electron. It will still have 11 positive ...

One of the rarest and most mysterious elements in the periodic table has finally given up some crucial chemical secrets, eight decades after its discovery. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Blechnum orientale is an evergreen fern that belongs to a special type of rare-earth hyperaccumulator plant. It acts like a "rare-earth vacuum cleaner" in the soil, efficiently absorbing and ...

Elements in group 1 and group 2 are metals. Atoms of group 1 elements have one electron in their outer shell, and atoms of group 2 elements have two electrons in their outer shell. Elements in groups ...

A new computational framework developed by a team with Professor Chris Wolverton maps atomic ordering to unlock next-generation cathode materials using earth-abundant elements.