Porous organic crystals with superior properties as CO2 adsorbents were created by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo. Owing to the novel 2.5-dimensional skeleton, the materials feature ...

In the face of rising demand for lithium, researchers have repurposed solid-state electrolytes to work as molecular sieves ...

In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithium -- a critical component in batteries for electric vehicles -- a team of researchers has developed a breakthrough lithium extraction method ...

Geochemical evidence from laboratory experiments for a potential solid inner core at the center of Mars is reported in Nature ...

Electrons in rhombohedral pentalayer graphene form unexpected crystalline states, revealing new quantum behaviors and ...

Explore the new material that transforms from solid to liquid on demand, revolutionizing technology in various fields.

and uses chainmail-like design with entangled rings in place of fixed particles typically found in a crystalline structure. Because of its not-quite-liquid-not-quite-solid nature, PAMs are ...

Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the ...

Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

But under stronger pressure, they lock into place, forming a rigid structure. This duality places them in a unique category, between granular materials and crystalline solids. Researchers have ...