AN international team of scientists has created a molecule unlike any previously known, demonstrating how quantum computing can help scientists uncover new forms of matter that traditional computing ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis , a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul Alivisatos ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul ...

The molecular-scale design of materials is one of the major frontiers in modern science. Flat, highly conjugated organic molecules are already used in advanced technologies such as chemical sensors, ...

Advancements in quantum computing enable accurate modeling of chemical interactions, benefiting pharmaceuticals, clean energy, and manufacturing sectors.

Every year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and students to send in the most striking and fascinating ...

Paul V. Galvin professor Petra Fromme in ASU’s  School of Molecular Sciences (SMS), and her team, have taken an important step toward improving technologies that pull carbon dioxide directly from the ...

In March, a team of European researchers published a study in Food Hydrocolloids exploring what actually happens when pasta hits boiling water. Using low-angle X-rays and neutron imaging, they found ...

Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.