Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...

In the rapid development of quantum computing and sensor technology, accurately simulating the behavior of atomic-level materials is particularly important. However, traditional simulation methods ...

Iowa State's Kun Luo displays the kind of model he creates to illustrate the atomic structures of materials. In this case, he's showing an atomic model of a diamond. AMES, Iowa – In just the first few ...

Graphite surface microscopic image and valence band structure together with atomic structure models. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news ...

Bacteriophages or “phages” is the terms used for viruses that infect bacteria. The UAB researchers, led by Terje Dokland, Ph.D., in collaboration with Asma Hatoum-Aslan, Ph.D., at the University of ...

When the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infects human cells, the cell's protein-processing machinery makes modifications to the spike protein that render it more flexible and mobile, which could ...

When nucleic acids like DNA or RNA build up in a cell's cytoplasm, it sets off an alarm call for the immune system. Enzymes usually clear these nucleic acids before they cause an issue, but when these ...