XRISM's Xtend telescope records the first X-ray glow from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing how alien material interacts ...

Hydration modulates aromatic interactions, explaining why Tyr is a stronger sticker than Phe in aqueous environments like protein condensates but not in the cores of folded proteins.

Water trapped in between molecules behaves differently than free-flowing water, as it holds more energy. Researchers found that when another molecule displaces that water, the energy that the water ...

Water is essential for all chemistry and life, yet understanding how it interacts with dissolved ions—such as sodium and magnesium—has long been a major scientific challenge. Now, an international ...

Scientists discovered that keeping water in sodium vanadate hydrate doubles a sodium battery’s charge capacity and stability. The same technology can also remove salt from seawater, creating potential ...

The left image shows a crystal structure of dynamic water molecule cluster like liquid at −20 °C in the supercooled water state revealed previously by X-ray structural analysis. The right image shows ...

In context: Researchers often describe artificial photosynthesis as a potential holy grail of renewable energy because it stores solar power in chemical form, independent of weather or daylight.

Plants capture sunlight and use it to transform carbon dioxide into sugars that store energy. This process, known as photosynthesis, underpins nearly all life on Earth. The sugars produced by plants ...

Artificial photosynthesis may be closer than you think. Scientists at the University of Basel have developed a molecule that can store four charges from light, speeding up the quest for carbon-neutral ...

A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: under the influence of light, it stores two positive and two negative charges ...

We're all guilty of replying something like "in other news, water's wet" when someone states the obvious. However, is water truly wet, or does it just make something else wet? The answer may not be as ...

Using DNA as smart LEGO bricks, scientists are building the next generation of tiny tech that could change computing, medicine, and more. Credit: Shutterstock Columbia researchers are using DNA—the ...