A Sri Lankan gemological scientist has unveiled a high-magnification digital microscope designed to enhance analysis speed and reveal internal features far beyond the reach of conventional dimensions.

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At the recent Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, researchers presented evidence from NASA’s Perseverance rover that ...

Trans–cis photoisomerization plays an essential role in various biological settings such as vision, ion pumping, and light sensing. The prototypical trans–cis photoisomerization of stilbenes (an ...

A reaction mechanism is a sequence of elementary reactions that can explain how an overall chemical reaction proceeds. A mild, metal-free hydrogenation strategy converts rigid viologens into flexible ...