Hydrogen, a clean energy source, requires a highly reliable and safe storage system, which is currently lacking. Layered ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

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The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of the most internationally renowned institutes. More than 400 employees in 5 scientific departments conduct ...

Two energy companies have proposed building a liquid natural gas facility at Port Canaveral. The facility would supply fuel for both the cruise ship and space industries. The project could create 50 ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter that isn't a solid, liquid, or gas. Researchers call this new type of material a 'corralled supercooled liquid'. Atoms in a liquid are normally like ...

The science of hazmat response can feel intimidating. However, rest assured, even the most skeptical of you can comprehend and utilize scientific principles to gain a competitive advantage over any ...

Water, though familiar, still hides astonishing secrets. When squeezed into nanosized channels, it can enter a bizarre “premelting state” that is both solid and liquid at once. Using advanced NMR ...

This week, Apple launched its biggest design update in years: Liquid Glass. It’s a new approach to the software design behind the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. If prior Apple releases have ...

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist—one that is different from the usual states of solid, liquid, gas or plasma—at the interface of two exotic materials made into a sandwich.