Fluoride protects our teeth against cavity-causing bacteria by making our teeth stronger. But what if we could find a way to trap fluoride ions (the negatively charged form of the chemical element ...

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...

Materials scientists have sussed out the physical phenomenon underlying the promising electrical properties of a class of materials called superionic crystals through the investigation of CuCrSe2. A ...

A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a new study. The discovery is a ...

In cells transfer RNA (tRNA) translates genetic information from the encoding messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein synthesis. New results from ultrafast spectroscopy and in-depth theoretical calculations ...

The scientists developed constructions that can be used to harvest water from desert air or capture carbon dioxide.

Figure 1: Number of peer-reviewed papers published annually (to end of 2013) combining ion mobility and mass spectrometry. Primarily, three IMS techniques are used in IM-MS: drift-time ion mobility ...

A new and compact device configuration was created with two interpenetrated, individually addressable electrodes, allowing precise control over the geometric features and interactions between the ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 103, No. 37 (Sep. 12, 2006), pp. 13676-13681 (6 pages) Metal ion homeostasis is critical to the survival of all ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The lithium-ion batteries that you find in many of your electronic gadgets, like your smartphone, typically consist of two electrodes connected by a liquid electrolyte. Apart from ...