It looks harmless — until it touches water. Within seconds, this element reacts violently, releasing heat, gas, and an explosive burst of energy. What causes this rapid reaction is a simple property ...

Researchers at UNIST, in collaboration with the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) and KAIST, have introduced a novel ...

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...

Toward the right side of the periodic table below oxygen you'll find the chalcogens, or "ore-forming" elements. The ...

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology shaped the surface where superconducting material is grown, improving its ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a boron-catalyzed method to transform oxetanes, ...

The name might sound like a Nordic god, but it is actually the molecular machinery that allows many different species to eat ...

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries said on Saturday they stood ready to take ‌necessary ⁠measures ⁠to ...

Radiation can bring changes in polymers that enable their use in many industrial and healthcare applications. A new IAEA coordinated research project ...

Chemists created a strange 'half-Mӧbius' molecule, where electrons twist freely out of place to make a continuously looping ...

Why is social media's impact on children relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as the 1991 BoP crisis, the Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement, and urban ...