Scientists have watched a molecule move across a graphite surface in unprecedented detail. It turns out this particular molecule moves like a Moon lander -- and the insights hold potential for future ...

Water behaves in remarkable ways when heated and pressurized beyond its critical point. Under these extreme conditions, known as supercritical water, it no longer acts like an ordinary liquid. Instead ...

A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists has made an important discovery in the field of electrochemistry, shedding light on the movement of water molecules near metal ...

"We want to understand how molecules move, twist and function," said Jesse Hall, a physics doctoral candidate who worked with theoretical physical chemistry professor Marina Guenza to develop the new ...

Our bodies are always moving, even when we don’t realize it. We churn through a solar system on a wobbly planet, stand upon shifting tectonic plates, and rise and fall and toss and turn all day and ...

Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample.

Designing the next generation of efficient energy conversion devices for powering our electronics and heating our homes requires a detailed understanding of how molecules move and vibrate while ...

Scientists demonstrated X-ray four-wave mixing to track correlated electron motion, revealing how energy and information move inside atoms and molecules. Much of the behaviour of matter arises not ...

A snapshot taken from the computer simulation model of the system in this study. On both sides are three layers of gold atoms representing the metal electrode with adsorbed organic molecules on the ...