Just about everyone knows that water is H2O, meaning two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. What might surprise people is that scientists have never before been able to actually watch hydrogen ...

When two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the protons in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The ...

Like ordinary water—H 2 0—each molecule of heavy water contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The difference, though, lies in the hydrogen atoms. In ordinary water, each hydrogen ...

Water has a specific ratio of two hydrogen atoms to one oxygen atom. Compounds made from non-metal elements that are bonded together usually form molecules. Compounds including both a metal ...

Scientists have unlocked a groundbreaking way to produce clean hydrogen using microwaves, drastically reducing the extreme ...

In a significant advancement for renewable energy technologies, a new catalyst has been developed that dramatically improves ...

The electrolysis process of separating water into two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, though, is power intensive—it requires large amounts of electricity. Hydrogen is becoming popular ...