Tiny changes at the atomic scale can determine the future of clean energy. In a new study, Tohoku University researchers have revealed how the precise coordination environment surrounding a single ...

Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular "gate" that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in humans helps regulate ...

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As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was acquired during the planet’s formation.

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Oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia, triggers a physiological response mediated by the key transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). HIF-1 is a heterodimer consisting of the unstable HIF-1α ...

A newly developed ceramic material shows record-high proton conductivity at intermediate temperatures while remaining ...

Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.

The electronic structure of atoms and molecules is the series of energy levels that it are possible for a bound electron to occupy. This electronic structure determines many of the defining ...

The Springfield branch finished an exterior cleaning and repair job at Peoria County Courthouse, a prominent government ...

Each molecule has its own unmistakable tone – a vibrational “fingerprint” that reflects not only its chemical structure but also the nanoscale environment around it. But the voices of individual ...