NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has helped scientists uncover the mystery behind how X-rays are generated in ...

When one material gains electrons and becomes negatively charged, and another loses electrons and becomes positively charged, a static electric field is created. The most visible result of this is ...

In electrolysis, an electric current induces a chemical reaction in which reactants are reduced (gains electrons) and oxidized (loses electrons), or a redox reaction. In the petri dish, the current ...

Now the electrons can move from the anode to the cathode through your device. When electricity is flowing, the cathode gains the same number of electrons that the anode loses. This happens through two ...

By measuring the angles and spins of these ejected electrons, scientists can reconstruct the shapes of their wave functions ...

Think about the example of rubbing a balloon on a jumper. The balloon gains electrons and becomes negatively charged. The jumper loses electrons and becomes positively charged. Because these ...

The higher an element's electronegativity, the stronger its ability to attract electrons and create a partial negative charge. In a chemical bond, the more electronegative atom gains extra electrons, ...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Type One Energy Group in the US have ...