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Why is mercury a liquid?

Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.
Electrons in solar materials can be launched across molecules almost as fast as nature allows, thanks to tiny atomic vibrations acting like a “molecular catapult.” In experiments lasting just 18 ...
Scientists created half-Möbius molecules, similar to the Möbius strips common in math classes, but half as twisty. It’s a ...
Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...