Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens in between. Seeing these hidden moments matters because chemistry is ultimately governed by quantum rules. By ...

During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical products. This process entails the movement of both electrons (i.e., negatively ...

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not randomly, but in a coordinated rhythm, twisting and untwisting in sync like ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Natural biocomposites such as wood and plant cell walls exhibit prominent mechanical ...

Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their size, the very thing that makes them so alien. We’re typically ...

UHRL, San Jose, CA, USA. Likewise, periodic Bragg diffraction can be interpreted in more than one way to include quantization; but our dual diffraction, that is partly (linear) Bragg diffraction and ...

Hydrogen fuel cells, especially proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), are gaining traction as zero-emission power sources for electric vehicles. However, PEMFCs face challenges like the ...

Electrons are incredibly fast. Because of their ultrafast motions, directly observing their behavior has been challenging. Now researchers have suggested a new method to make visualizing electron ...

Electrons oscillate around the nucleus of an atom on extremely short timescales, typically completing a cycle in just a few hundred attoseconds (one attosecond is a quintillionth of a second). Because ...

For a crystal-clear view of cutting-edge science, step into Brandon Mercado’s lab in the basement of Kline Chemistry Laboratory. But there’s a new kid in town. CBIC’s Structural Science Facility now ...