A historic experiment has shattered the legendary "nobility" of gold, revealing a new chemical reality that changes everything we know about the universe.

Separated by an ocean and more than a decade, innovative experiments with 31 tin isotopes having either a surplus or shortage ...

For the modern technology leader, the quest for peak performance has traditionally been a matter of chemistry, an endless ...

The discovery of rare earths, like many stories, began with a small, unexpected event. In 1787, Carl Axel Arrhenius, a ...

It has been revealed that simply twisting and stacking two layers of oxide crystals can allow the atomic arrangement itself to control the behavior of electrons. Much like the new patterns that emerge ...

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...

UK supermajor Shell has announced it is pulling out of the initial phase of the multibillion-dollar Argentina LNG project, a year after announcing its participation in the project. Shell and Argentina ...

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...

Yet even at this apparently late date in the field’s development, there are companies that are still developing entirely new qubit technologies, betting the company that they have identified something ...

The method points to easier on-chip control for next-generation submicron devices. (Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron ...

Yifeng Liu (from left) and Hae Yeon Lee working on the new cathodoluminescence spectroscopy system in the Shared Equipment Authority facilities at Rice University. HOUSTON – (Sept. 24, 2025) – Rice ...