A new model rectifies the long-standing deficiencies of the electronegativity concept.

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have changed our world for the better. Advances in medicine have allowed for ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

OpenAI’s new FrontierScience benchmark shows AI advancing in physics, chemistry, and biology—and exposes the challenge of ...

High-strength aluminum alloys are critical for making cars and planes more lightweight and fuel-efficient, but manufacturers ...

Scientists were able to manipulate a calcium monohydride molecular ion — made up of one atom of hydrogen and one atom of ...

A study in Nature Communications by Michele Ceriotti’s group at EPFL has introduced a new dataset and model that greatly improve the efficiency of machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) and ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. A rare “superionic” state of matter could explain ...

By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird ...

This video explores the fundamental components of an atom, including protons, neutrons, and electrons, challenging the traditional model that depicts electrons as orbiting the nucleus. It highlights ...