(Nanowerk News) Molecules are so small that we cannot even see them with ordinary microscopes. This makes studying molecules or chemical reactions difficult: researchers are limited to either indirect ...

The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic ...

Nearly all computer models of molecules and materials are based on density functional theory (DFT) approximations. These methods help efficiently simulate the structure, energy, and properties of ...

An international group of researchers, working on complex computer models for predicting the behavior of electrons, has discovered that those very computational models might not be as accurate as they ...

Machine learning is transforming many scientific fields, including computational materials science. For about two decades, scientists have been using it to make accurate yet inexpensive calculations ...

Theoretical modelling explores the movement of atoms within a liquid nanodroplet of platinum that is confined inside a defect in a carbon support. The colours represent the mobility of the atoms: ...

New insights into a popular and potentially useful model of how electrons behave in solids have been provided by an experiment involving ultracold atoms. Markus Greiner and colleagues at Harvard ...

The proposed designs were then synthesised and tested in the lab where they achieved enzymatic activities close to those found in nature. ‘They’re not the best enzymes that have ever existed in nature ...

Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life ...

High-strength aluminum alloys are critical for making cars and planes more lightweight and fuel-efficient, but manufacturers ...