When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons ... assisted collisions occur in the presence of small atomic energy splittings. Their results rely upon optical ...

From growth hormones to cancer drugs, small molecules play a crucial role in our health. Monitoring them is essential to ...

Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid, a breakthrough merging solid and liquid properties in quantum physics.

The line between traditional and non-traditional providers is blurring. Coursera, for example, now partners with 29 universities, including Imperial College London and the University of Illinois, with ...

I always thought my job as an artist was imposing order on chaos, but I realize now that chaos has its own intelligence… and is the very source of creation.” ...

Chemists identify a single molecule that naturally tiles in nonrepeating patterns, which could help build materials with novel electronic properties.

Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs ...

Scientists have achieved an incredible feat—mapping the forces inside a proton with extreme precision, uncovering the immense ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

This undated picture shows the bio-inspired electronic skin with a 3D structure that mimics mechanical signals found in human skin. (Tsinghua ...

A team of scientists in the lab of Nobel Prize winner David Baker has created a method for designing proteins that can bind and sense a range of small molecules, with wide applications for biomedicine ...