Inside what looks like a simple block of frozen water, quantum mechanics is quietly rewriting the rules of chemistry. New ...

JWST has detected rare silane gas in an ancient, oxygen-poor brown dwarf, revealing a key clue to why Jupiter and Saturn hide ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say their polymer coating could be used to protect photovoltaic modules, due to its impermeability to gases. The team has demonstrated that a ...

Engineers in the United States have developed a polymer coating they say could be used to protect PV modules, due to its ...

With the potential for use as a protective coating to prevent solar cells and other infrastructure from corrosion, or to ...

Discover how friction modifiers reduce wear, boost efficiency and enhance lubricant performance in modern automotive and ...

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that are missing an electron. They get a bad rap, but could they actually have ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical ...

Because it's nearly impermeable to gases, the polymer coating could be used to protect solar panels, machinery, ...

Throughout evolution, pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, have developed sophisticated defense ...

A self-healing hydrogel improves zinc battery stability, limits corrosion and dendrites, and supports flexible cells that ...

In the body, vitamin B2 acts as a coenzyme that converts food into energy. The research team created a novel catalyst by binding a metal to flavin, the core component of vitamin B2, thereby adding the ...