A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...

A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of ...

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Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe explains how to measure the future using nanoscale metrology and discusses the global competition ...

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and Ulm have discovered a new state of matter that exists between liquid and ...

New research offers clearer insight into how phase transitions unfold at the atomic scale in real materials. When ice turns into water, the change happens almost instantly. Once the melting ...

This corralled supercooled liquid relies on the surprising property that some atoms in a liquid remain stationary regardless ...

Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), the Kanazawa University team led by Mikihiro Shibata filmed the dynamic movements of CaMKII at the single-molecule level. The images revealed that a ...

Scientists reveal a new state of matter between liquids and solids, where some atoms remain immobile even in molten metals.

Two related discoveries detailing nanocrystalline mineral formation and dynamics have broad implications for managing nuclear ...

Developing durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for acidic media is vital for advancing proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE). This study reveals that the stability of ...