Scientists have captured the first-ever video of atoms in motion during a chemical reaction, revealing hidden pathways and short-lived molecules previously impossible to observe. Using a new type of ...

A Northwestern University-led international team of scientists has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action ...

To take a picture, the best digital cameras on the market open their shutter for around around one four-thousandths of a ...

H2O. An almost negligible proportion of a few per million consists of "heavy water," in which the hydrogen atoms (H) are ...

Water covers more than 70% of our planet, and it’s made of H₂O—two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom. But there’s also ...

A scientist gives an answer to a long-standing question in theoretical glass physics: what does it mean to be an order parameter for an inherently out-of-equilibrium system? Starting from first ...

Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could change how we design aircraft and car components. Researchers at NIST ...

Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum ...

This research presents a comprehensive thermodynamic approach to glass, redefining equilibrium and enhancing the ...

Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go?

In the 1770s, the Royal Society in London was the premier scientific institution in the world, and the eighteenth century was ...