All chemistry starts with a push from electrons. In the early moments of a chemical reaction, it's the movement of electrons ...

How and where did the first forms of life arise? These are the main questions driving research at the Institute of Molecular ...

Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual ...

Described as the school of global education and exchange, Soonchunhyang University has a welcoming ethos that offers education to students from around the world. The main language of instruction is ...

Keio University is considered to be Japan’s oldest private university, founded in 1858 by the author and educator Yukichi Fukuzawa. In his book, An Encouragement of Learning, Fukuzawa emphasised the ...

Selenium, depending on its crystal structure, can exhibit various properties and, as a result, be used in a wide range of applications. However, its exploitation has been limited due to the lack of ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most prominent toxic compounds in the air. Heterogeneous reactions involving O 3 can change the toxicity of PAHs, but the reaction mechanism and ...

That diffusion is important for the proper functioning of cells is without question. The extent to which the diffusion coefficient is important is explored here for prokaryotic cells. We discuss the ...

We demonstrate herein the use of a one-dimensional metal–organic material as a new type of electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in place of the classic porous three-dimensional ...

Code-cracker Alan Turing’s impact on chemistry is still being realised today, a century after his birth. Philip Ball investigates During his tragically short life that began 100 years ago, Alan Turing ...