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Comprehending the electrons’ arrangement in compounds that have actinide elements, like plutonium and uranium, can aid in progressing the development of next-generation nuclear materials.

A Yale-led team of chemists has identified a tiny “device” that helps certain photosynthetic organisms collect sunlight.

Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, long-lasting and inexpensive.

Plastics are astounding materials with properties that are essential to the operation of the modern world. They are adjustable, strong, versatile, long-lasting, and reasonably priced.

In magnetic solids, electrons feel each other as what scientists call an effective magnetic field. This field forces the electrons' magnetic moments (spins) to align.

Scientists are vigorously competing to transform the counterintuitive discoveries about the quantum realm from a century past into technologies of the future. The building block in these technologies is the quantum bit, or qubit.

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) is known as the angular momentum regarding a chosen center of rotation.

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. The battery is rechargeable for 1000 cycles with a low polarization gap and can operate at high rates. A paper on their work is...

The shifting, scintillating pattern you can see when you stack two slightly misaligned window screens is called moiré. A similar interference effect occurs when scientists stack two-dimensional crystals with mismatched atomic spacings.

Many owners of electric cars have wished for a battery pack that could power their vehicle for more than a thousand miles on a single charge.