A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

Lasers are used to carry out functions ranging from reading a bar code label at the grocery store to shooting down enemy missiles in space. Now, chemists at Purdue University are using lasers to coax ...

Why can geckos walk up walls? Why does nitrogen become liquid at –196 °C? Many everyday phenomena can be explained by van der Waals forces – weak bonds between molecules that are notoriously difficult ...

The breakthrough, published last month in Physical Review Letters, enhances researchers' ability to investigate the motion of large molecules in complex biological processes, such as DNA replication.

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