Researchers’ synthetic molecules offer something of a detour by binding to ions and carrying them through the cell membrane. This binding increased a liquid layer vital for mucus clearance in cystic ...

The team's paper, "Supramolecular Assembly of Fused Macrocycle-Cage Molecules for Fast Lithium-Ion Transport," is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The lead author is ...

A quantum computer has used a single atom to model the complex dynamics of organic molecules interacting with light ...

Ions are molecules that have gained or lost an electrical charge. . They are created in nature as air molecules break apart due to sunlight, radiation, and moving air and water.

Polymeric membranes are widely used in separation technologies due to their low cost and easily scalable fabrication. However ...

Electric vehicles leave behind mountains of dead lithium-ion batteries. A new “injection” brings them back to life ...

Investigating the interplay between the structure of water molecules that have been incorporated into layered materials such as clays and the configuration of ions in such materials has long ...

"Using highly charged ions, the complex molecules were exposed to the extremely short and strong pulse of an electronic field, and more than 10 electrons were stripped off in less than one ...

Himalayan salt lamps are crystals carved from amber-colored rock salt hollowed out to fit a lightbulb inside. Learn what the science has to say about claims that they improve your health.

Increased molecular motion causes more solvent molecules to contact solute molecules and pull on them with more force, usually resulting in more dissolving. Since different substances are made from ...

Tell students that ions are atoms or molecules that have either a positive or negative charge. 2. Show students a model of a salt crystal on the molecular level. Explain that one way to make a model ...