Are quantum particles polygamous? New experiments suggest some of them abandon long-standing partnerships when ...

Unlike regular spherical colloids such as silica or polystyrene beads, patchy particles carry a considerable amount of self-assembly information. For example, their coordination number, bond angles ...

STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light ...

To accelerate waste cleanup at the Hanford site, DOE awarded Argonne $3.9 million to pursue scientific breakthroughs in plutonium chemistry DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Argonne researchers are ...

Household gadgets have a way of sounding scarier than they are once someone attaches a giant number to them. The claim that a toaster quietly sheds 1.73 trillion particles every minute, even when it ...