Novel MD simulation sheds light on mystery of hydrated electron’s structure
Credit: Vladimir Rybkin The e-aq species is difficult to observe directly because it is short-lived and cannot be separated or ...
Tag: Molecular Physics
Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter ...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are ...
Princeton scientists discover chiral crystals exhibiting exotic quantum effects
Credit: Hasan Lab, Princeton University Crystals possessing "handedness" exhibit unusual properties. New evidence suggests that they can host electrons moving ...
Supercomputer simulations shed light on how liquid drops combine
Scientists have revealed the precise molecular mechanisms that cause drops of liquid to combine, in a discovery that could have ...
Materials design in 3D: From the molecule to the macrostructure
'3D Matter Made to Order' Cluster of Excellence of KIT and Heidelberg University starts and focuses on printed three-dimensional design ...
Smarter drug release thanks to control over encapsulation
Trail-and-error experimentation in drug design can be omitted by control over location in drugs in molecular delivery packageCredit: Alessandro Ianori ...
Heading towards a tsunami of light
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Illia Thiele/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...
Supercrystal: A hidden phase of matter created by a burst of light
Credit: L-Q Chen Group, Penn State "Frustration" plus a pulse of laser light resulted in a stable "supercrystal" created by ...
How heavy elements come about in the universe
An experiment at GSI simulates how heavy elements capture protonsCredit: Mario Weigand FRANKFURT. Heavy elements are produced during stellar explosion ...
Can an antifreeze protein also promote ice formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do bothCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Antifreeze is life's means of surviving ...
Duplicate or mirror?
Laser light determines chirality of molecules "In pharmaceutics, being able to transition a molecule from one chirality to the other ...
Research paves the way for next generation of optical tweezers
Credit: David Phillips / University of Exeter Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could pave the way for ...
Researchers improve description of defective oxides with first principles calculation
Team develops site-dependent +U correction parametersCredit: Ulrich Aschauer Some perovskite oxides, for example, have shown a wide spectrum of technologically ...