From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

It began as a quiet laboratory experiment — and ended by rewriting history. The discovery of an explosive element so powerful ...

Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

The poet Blake wrote that you can see a world in a grain of sand. But even better, you can see a universe in an atom!

The Nov. 8 free community event at Kleman Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will feature STEM demonstrations, presentations and hands-on activities.

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are engineered structures comprised of several elements known as 'meta-atoms,' ...

Researchers uncover how laser beams cause atomic motion in Janus semiconductors, advancing understanding of light–matter ...

Nurlan Yermekbayev, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), delivered a video address to the ...

Rice researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides have discovered that light can trigger a physical shift in their atomic lattice, creating a ...