Chemistry

Physicists have reported an unusual “excess” signal of high-energy gamma rays emitted by more than a dozen heavy, unstable nuclei...

A team from Beijing Institute of Technology and partner institutes has introduced a coordination-regulated strategy to stabilize wide-bandgap perovskites used...

A new class of air-stable electrene materials could make the long-sought “green ammonia” revolution far more practical. Researchers at the...

A fast-growing “red tide” problem on the Pacific coast is bringing with it an escalating threat: saxitoxin (STX), a potent...

An international team led by researchers at Hiroshima University has uncovered a way to detect early-stage deterioration in human skin...

Flexible tactile sensing is a persistent bottleneck for robots, wearables, and bedside monitoring systems—especially when devices must remain reliable on...

Fuel cells promise a cleaner path to large-scale energy conversion, but cathode performance is still held back by sluggish oxygen...

Bioinspired by the “adhesion–conduction” blueprint of spider webs, a team from Lanzhou University, Nankai University, and Lanzhou Jiaotong University has...

MXenes—atomically thin transition metal carbides and nitrides—are drawing fresh attention for one simple reason: their surfaces are never truly bare....

Superionic conductors blur the boundary between solids and liquids by enabling certain ions to move extraordinarily fast while the material’s...