How does glass transition from a liquid to its familiar solid state? How does this common material transport heat and sound? And what microscopic changes occur when a glass gains rigidity as it cools?

In subway stations around London, the warning to “Mind the Gap” helps commuters keep from stepping into empty space as they leave the train. When it comes to engineering single-layer atomic structures, minding the gap will help researchers create artificial electronic materials one atomic layer at a time.

Does tryptophan in turkey make us drowsy? This ACS video explains the chemistry of the Thanksgiving meal

Check out the the winning images to the data visualization contest sponsored by the Health Sciences Center for Computational Innovation (HSCCI).

This application note shows how the Thermo Scientific™ K-Alpha™+ XPS system, along with a dual mode monatomic and gas cluster ion source, was used to observe the effects of cleaning metal oxides with ionized argon clusters.

Twisted light from ancient stars may have played a role in locking in aspects of the structure of life on Earth, and new findings from the University of Michigan provide insights into how that process may have occurred.

Polarizing filter designed by University of Utah engineers transmits more light.

A new model suggests volcanic activity in Mars’ distant past spewed enough greenhouse gases to warm the atmosphere and melt the ice.

Testing for ovarian cancer or the presence of a particular chemical could be almost as simple as distinguishing an F sharp from a B flat, thanks to a new microscopic acoustic device that has been dramatically improved by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

A team of New York University and University of Barcelona physicists has developed a method to control the movements occurring within magnetic materials, which are used to store and carry information. The breakthrough could simultaneously bolster information processing while reducing the energy necessary to do so.

As the installation of photovoltaic solar cells continues to accelerate, scientists are looking for inexpensive materials beyond the traditional silicon that can efficiently convert sunlight into electricity.

Since the 1850s scientists have known that crystalline materials are organized into 14 different basic lattice structures. However, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) now reports that it has discovered an entirely new form of crystalline order that simultaneously exhibits both crystal and polycrystalline properties, which they describe as “interlaced crystals.”