Solar cells convert sunlight into clean energy—but if the solar cells themselves are made of toxic materials, it almost ...

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a ...

Argonne researchers have shown that they can use light to temporarily alter the crystal symmetry within lead sulfide quantum dots. This process reduces the off-centering of lead atoms and affects the ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Astronomers have used near-infrared light to explore the extreme forces behind the eruption of LMC68, a recurrent nova in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Scientists have unlocked a new way to control ionization, the process where atoms lose electrons, using specially designed ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

For the first time, scientists have captured how complex molecules change shape when exposed to UV light—an ultra-fast process previously impossible to observe. An international team of researchers ...

Redefining energy storage, lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) – which utilize lithium as the negative electrode and sulfur as the positive – emerge as a powerful alternative, providing a high ...

With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, a research team has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the example of the pharmaceutically active substance 2-thiouracil, they applied a ...

Engineers from United States have discovered that just single atom thick quantum materials ... during its production the material itself forms sulfur vacancies – which results in high density ...