Energy storage is undeniably one of the greatest technological and societal challenges of the twenty-first century, driven by the growing demand for renewable but intermittent energy supplies and ...

Water, though familiar, still hides astonishing secrets. When squeezed into nanosized channels, it can enter a bizarre “premelting state” that is both solid and liquid at once. Using advanced NMR ...

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a new way of capturing carbon directly from the air—one that ...

A metal-containing compound that transforms into a solid when exposed to light and returns to liquid form when heated has been developed by researchers. This substance could potentially be used for ...

One might expect water to evaporate much faster than ice. Surprisingly, researchers from the University of Amsterdam have now shown that for small droplets of ice, this is not the case: ice and water ...

Almost everything is made of particles. Particles can be atoms, molecules or ions. Particles behave differently in solids, liquids and gases. The particle model explains the differences between solids ...

Oddball gallium, which melts below body temperature, stars in a new microscope study. A mixture of gallium and copper showed spontaneous flip-flopping from liquid to solid. The flip-flopping extended ...

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...

Currently, small metal implants either have to be surgically removed from the body once they're no longer needed, or just left inside indefinitely – both of which can lead to complications. Now, ...