How to understand exoplanets — space scientists call on lab-based chemists to help
In the 30 years since exoplanets were first reported1, telescopes have revealed thousands of them. One of the…
Ohtani Shows the Economic Power of the Immigrant Superstar
It’s not usual to have a World Series full of baseball superstars, but I think most fans would…
Scientists Have Cracked the Mystery of Snake Pee
The science of poop has yielded some fascinating results, but the latest installment in this beat may be…
World’s hottest engine reaches temperatures hotter than sun’s core
A team of scientists claims it has created the world’s hottest engine. The innovative engine runs at temperatures…
Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers
Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren’t always so…
AI is dreaming up millions of new materials. Are they any good?
When the pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) firm Google DeepMind announced almost two years ago that it had used…
Chemists Crack the Ghostly Truth Behind Will-o’-the-Wisps
For centuries, will-o’-the-wisps—eerie, blue flames floating over marshes—spooked unassuming passersby. The strange aberrations inspired many supernatural interpretations, from…
Arctic Rivers Are Turning an Eerie Orange, and This Might Be Why
Researchers have long believed that frozen environments slow chemical reactions, but new research challenges this belief. In a…
US scientists bring quantum-level accuracy to molecular modeling
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new method that brings quantum-level accuracy to molecular modeling,…
Optimization of absorption coefficient of quantum dot structures for infrared spectroscopy
The basic cell of the proposed QD structures is made up of multi-layers, modeled here as ten layers,…
How should ‘mirror life’ research be restricted? Debate heats up
Some researchers are developing biological systems that create mirror-image versions of DNA and other molecules crucial to life.Credit:…
Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years
For over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had…