How core-mantle differentiation influenced the distribution of volatile elements on Earth. Imagine Earth's history as a ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

A research team at National Taiwan University has discovered how single metal atoms dynamically adapt their structure and ...

Such molecules would be suited to acting as quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum systems. But ...

This process, called the core-mantle differentiation, shaped Earth’s layered structure ... calculates atomic interactions from fundamental physics principles, they tracked nitrogen’s ...

However, when nitrogen atoms are arranged just right within a diamond’s crystal structure ... diamonds get their pigmented appearance from atomic impurities, red and pink diamonds are the ...

Engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional ...

Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...