A new study has challenged conventional wisdom on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts by uncovering a novel reaction ...

In a small manganese oxide cluster, teams from HZB and HU Berlin have discovered a particularly exciting compound: two high ...

The atom is a complex system of particles ... Chemical reactions result from interactions between the electrons in two atoms. In Bohr’s model, if an electron orbit is not already filled ...

BBC Bitesize A simple model of an atom ... being the first to "split the atom". He blasted beams of radioactive particles into nitrogen gas, which changed into oxygen while "spitting out" a ...

In the case of lead-208—the heaviest stable isotope known so far—a team of researchers led by physicist Jack Henderson ...

An article published this week in The Lancet medical journal found that more than half of the world’s population lacks access to safe and affordable medical oxygen services, and most people ...

Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...

Using the Frontier supercomputer, researchers have cracked a major challenge in nuclear physics: accurately predicting ...

Electrons oscillate around the nucleus of an atom on extremely short timescales, typically completing a cycle in just a few ...

Pope Francis has received high flows of oxygen after suffering a respiratory crisis but had a peaceful night in hospital, the Vatican said. “The night passed quietly, the pope rested,” the ...