Clathrate hydrates are complex water structures that contain foreign guest molecules inside a host water-molecule shell. A predicted clathrate hydrate phase structure has been stably synthesized in ...

For years, scientists have suspected that, at the molecular level, water is two different liquids ‪—‬ a denser one and a less-dense one ‪—‬ that are constantly switching places. Catching real ...

The process is known as proton-coupled electron transfer, or PCET. It involves the coordinated movement of positively charged ...

A glass of water may look perfectly uniform, but at the molecular level, it could be carrying two different forms that are constantly swapping places. Scientists have suspected that liquid water is ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have shed light on the structure of supercritical water. In this state, which exists at extreme temperatures and pressures, water has the properties of ...

Using an ultrafast technique, researchers shed light on how the hydrogen-bonded structure of water is reflected in its x-ray spectrum. Water molecules being struck by two closely separated short x-ray ...

Scientists have decoded the electronic structure of water, opening up new perspectives for technological and environmental applications. There is no doubt that water is significant. Without it, life ...

The Commonplace Yet Special Molecule That Made Life PossibleLife is strangely sophisticated.Cell membranes separate the inside from the outside, ions move back and forth, enzymes control reactions, ...