Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying quantum mechanics and taking on an extra positive charge that its relatives ...

Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949 ... which suggests it is ionic bonds sticking the organometallic molecule together like two magnets, rather than the stronger glue of ...

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of ...

FEW of us had heard of the Chinese city of Wuhan when the world was first paralysed by Covid-19 five years ago. Today, the sprawling metropolis is synonymous with the ­pandemic that claimed ...

While overall market growth remains elusive, issuers and policymakers are continuing to innovate in 2025. Moody's Ratings' Adriana Cruz Felix, Matthew Kuchtyak and Swami Venkataraman analyse the ...

Yields on bonds of different maturities reveal much about an economy’s prospects For centuries, governments have turned to investors to fund their activities. They mostly do this by issuing bonds.

From Marie Curie’s pioneering research on radiation to today’s leading scientists, women have played a crucial role in shaping our understanding of the physical world. As International Women’s Day on ...

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon. Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can ...

Genetically engineered woolly mice could one day help populate the Arctic with hairy, genetically modified elephants and help stop the planet warming. Those are the startling claims being made by ...

In this study, novel self-healing polymers based on halogen bonds as reversible supramolecular crosslinking moieties are presented. The reversible crosslinking is facilitated by a polymer-bound ...