Perovskite solar cells are a rapidly advancing photovoltaic technology that has seen a dramatic rise in power conversion ...

Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

Molecular polarity and intermolecular forces explain why substances dissolve, boil, or stick together the way they do. From the shape of a molecule to the pull of its atoms, polarity determines ...

Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists have observed more than 20 ...

Electron spin can create differences between mirror-image molecules, a potential explanation for why life favors one ...

New observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS include the first measurement of the abundance of deuterated water ...

Relevant to this last application, the doping doesn’t alter the durability of the (very tough) carbon nanotube fibers. They ...

Inside a submerged glass tube, tiny bolts of plasma pulse through bubbling methane gas. It looks like miniature lightning, ...

Professor Dayne Swearer found that bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures.

A water droplet placed on a sheet of graphene appears to ignore it entirely, spreading as though the carbon layer were ...

If you've been in the market for a new hair dryer, you've likely seen advertising for ionic ones. Some claim to produce ...

A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) reveals why a particular boron-rich molecule, called o-FESAN, behaves in an unusually helpful way, ...