New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

In nature, the behavior of systems—whether large or small—is always governed by a few fundamental principles. For instance, ...

Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves produced by the acceleration or disturbance of massive objects. These waves, ...

So how do you get an electron to float on top of helium? To find out, Ars spoke with Johannes Pollanen, the chief scientific officer of EeroQ, the company that accomplished the new work. He said that ...

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...

Usually, when two different species mate, it’s a disaster. At least, that’s what scientists had generally thought about ...

The discovery could significantly reduce the production costs of fuels, chemicals, and materials. A research team from the ...

University of California, Berkeley scientist Omar M. Yaghi shares Nobel Prize in chemistry for “groundbreaking discoveries" ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap ...