Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed ...

Scientists from Skoltech, the Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics, RAS, and other research centers have refined ...

Researchers develop a nickel catalyst that converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with 99% selectivity by precisely ...

Researchers at QuTech, in collaboration with Fujitsu and Element Six, have demonstrated a complete set of quantum gates with ...

Researchers at QuTech, in collaboration with Fujitsu and Element Six, have demonstrated a complete set of quantum gates with error probabilities below 0.1%. While many challenges remain, being able to ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient ...

It is, therefore, somewhat of a surprise to discover that the salts of nicotine contain an asymmetric nitrogen atom, in addition to the asymmetric carbon atom to which the free base owes its ...

Physicists have long been fascinated by the concept of symmetry breaking, a fundamental principle in physical sciences that underpins the formation of distinct phases of matter. In conventional ...

The method of using lethal gas to carry out an execution has recently shifted from cyanide to nitrogen. Throughout history, the states have used five different execution methods: lethal ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15 ...

Louisiana plans to execute Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas, marking its first execution since 2010. Hoffman's lawyers sought to halt the execution, citing religious and constitutional concerns.

Arkansas became the fifth state to authorize nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution Tuesday, after Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation codifying the controversial method ...