For decades, the fields of physics and chemistry have maintained that the atoms and molecules that make up the natural world define the character of solid matter. Salt crystals get their crystalline ...

New study finds that the introduction of chloride ions and cations leads to a charge-by-charge arrangement, where the cations act as separators, preventing self-association of the dipyrrolyldiketone ...

While scientists have studied the molecular steps involved in gene expression for decades, many questions still remain about this fundamental process. To transcribe genes, RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol ...

After melting, the water molecules are closer together than they were as ice. As a liquid, the molecules are more randomly arranged and the molecules are able to slide past each other. As energy is ...

A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class of matter, 'hydration solids.' The new findings emerged from ongoing research into the strange ...

Photoluminescent molecules, capable of absorbing and re-emitting light, play an important role in the development of technologies such as light-emitting diodes, sensors, and displays. Among them, ...