Electrons can be "kicked across" solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, scientists have discovered, ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that molecular vibrations can act like a catapult, flinging ...

Scientists may have made a major breakthrough in the quest to produce limitless energy. According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, scientists are looking ...

A team of scientists from the U.S. has discovered that acetate, a simple molecule involved in how our bodies create energy, ...

Heating accounts for nearly half of the global energy demand, and two-thirds of that is met by burning fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal. Solar energy is a possible alternative, but while ...

One of the major engineering challenges of the climate change era is finding ways to make solar panels ever more efficient. A new study from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) ...

An international research team led by Umeå professor Magnus Wolf-Watz has discovered how the magnesium atom directs the chemistry that catalyzes the production of the energy molecule ATP in a cell.