The arrangement of small molecules—known as ligands—around transition metal atoms affects how the metal atoms behave. This is important because transition metals are used as catalysts in the synthesis ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

What happens when a quantum physicist is frustrated by the limitations of quantum mechanics when trying to study densely ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Butanol molecules trigger changes in a microbial cell membrane model in this illustration of research that used neutron ...

University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

Scientists found the longest organic molecules ever on Mars — ancient carbon chains that resemble the building blocks of life ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their setup.

The University of Guelph (UoG) in Guelph, Ontario Canada has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Natural Sciences and ...

To be awarded an official English Heritage plaque, the proposed recipient (nominated by members of the public) must have died ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient ...