This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A while ago, I wrote a couple of posts ...

Gas‐phase ion chemistry remains a vibrant field that elucidates fundamental interatomic and intermolecular interactions through the study of charged species in isolation. The investigation of bond ...

Water molecules do not simply swirl around in complete disorder; they can form certain preferred structures. This scientific ...

As renewable energy storage expands into polar and high-altitude regions, conventional aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) face a triple threat: dendrite growth, hydrogen-evolution corrosion, and ...