Iron is an essential trace element in biological cells. The concentration of the element and its so-called redox state—it can ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off using light pulses. Initial applications show that ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

In a new book, Nicolas Niarchos traces the mineral supply chain for lithium-ion batteries, exposing their considerable human ...

It's difficult to form a protective coating that prolongs battery life at the battery's cathode, but there may be a low-cost ...

Scientists discover water that's solid and liquid. Superionic ice found in lab could explain Uranus and Neptune's bizarre ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected breakdown of nuclear order in a remarkably symmetric atom, challenging long-standing ideas about where such effects can occur.

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Ions, fundamental building blocks in chemistry, are characterized by an imbalance in the number of protons and electrons, leading to a net electrical charge. This difference in the number of electrons ...

Quantinuum has unveiled a third-generation quantum computer that could be easier to scale up than rival approaches. The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation ...

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