Using nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers at ETH Zurich have studied the atomic environments of single platinum atoms in ...

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

I've always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don't have a regular crystal ...

The photoelectric effect, first explained in 1905, transformed our understanding of how light interacts with matter. When ...

A new blue fluorescent molecule set new top emission efficiencies in both solid and liquid states, according to a University ...

Researchers successfully freeze light into a supersolid, a groundbreaking discovery with potential applications in quantum computing and energy transport.

At this point in time there are several possible alternatives to face the energy situation, both renewable and non-renewable, ...

Carbon, one of the most abundant elements in the universe, constitutes many key components of life and technology. Because of this, the material is ...

The physics of quantum matter is undoubtedly the field of physics that currently employs the most researchers and produces ...