How core-mantle differentiation influenced the distribution of volatile elements on Earth. Imagine Earth's history as a ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

Such molecules would be suited to acting as quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum systems. But ...

This process, called the core-mantle differentiation, shaped Earth’s layered structure ... calculates atomic interactions from fundamental physics principles, they tracked nitrogen’s ...

Engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional ...

The study focuses on atomically dispersed transition metal-nitrogen ... at the atomic scale but also points the way toward more efficient carbon recycling systems. By identifying clear structure ...

However, when nitrogen atoms are arranged just right within a diamond’s crystal structure ... diamonds get their pigmented appearance from atomic impurities, red and pink diamonds are the ...

Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...