Quantum Chemistry

"The Future is Here," declares a glowing neon sign at the entrance to IQM's quantum data centre in Munich. It's a bold claim — but one the Finland-based startup is determined ...

Doesn't "organometallic sandwich" sound appetizing?

MIT chemists offer a new explanation for how collagen in dinosaur bones may have survived millions of years: An atomic-level interaction prevents its bonds from being broken down by water.

David Kastner, a PhD student in bioengineering at MIT, studies complex proteins known as metalloenzymes, to help harness their chemical and medical potential. An avid artist, he also produces beautiful 3D illustrations of molecular systems that help make his research more accessible to a wider audience.

A prosecutor in the US county where Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt said Sunday it was "surprising" that a shooter was able to position himself on a nearby rooftop before opening fire."That's the most surprising thing to me, when we have a former president here, that a guy was a...

Scientists from Columbia University have created kind of fifth state of matter that's dipolar, which opens the door for dozens of exotic matter applications

AlphaFold 3, an AI made by Google spinoff Isomorphic Labs, "can predict the structures and interactions of nearly all of life's molecules" according to its creators

While J. Robert Oppenheimer will always be recognized as the father of the atomic bomb, his early contributions to quantum mechanics form the bedrock of modern quantum chemistry.

In new research, Google DeepMind has demonstrated that its AI can help accelerate the development of quantum computers — taking one step further in combining two of the most disruptive ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a new theoretical model explaining one way to make black silicon, an important material used in solar cells, light sensors, antibacterial surfaces and many other applications.

We depend on catalysts to turn our milk into yogurt, to produce Post-It notes from paper pulp, and to unlock renewable energy sources like biofuels. Finding optimal catalyst materials for specific reactions requires laborious experiments and computationally intensive quantum chemistry calculations.

A team of physicists has produced pure trilobite molecules in rubidium over a wide range of frequencies and characterize their binding energies, lifetimes, and dipole moments.

The remotely operated facility aboard the International Space Station has created another tool that researchers can use to probe the fundamental nature of the

Immigration to and living on Mars have long been depicted in science fiction. But before that dream turns into reality, there is a hurdle humans have to overcome—the lack of chemicals such as oxygen essential for long-term survival on the planet. However, the recent discovery of water activity on Mars is promising.

Solvation is the complicated process through which a dissolved substance like salt interacts with a solvent like water – and we are closer to understanding how it unfolds at the atomic level

Azobenzenes are incredibly versatile and have many potential uses, such as in making tiny machines and improving technology as well as making light controllable drugs. This molecule can switch between two different forms by light. However, the two forms are in equilibrium, which means that a mixture present that prevents optimal use for applications.

Zeolites encapsulated metal and metal oxide species (regarded as metal@zeolite) are an important type of heterogeneous catalyst. They give performances that steadily outperform the traditional supported catalysts in many important reactions and have become a research hotspot. Remarkable achievements have been made dealing with the synthesis, characterization, and performances of metal species (typically metal and…

A team of scientists with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has investigated the behavior of hafnium oxide, or hafnia, because of its potential for use in novel semiconductor applications.

A team from the University of Chicago has announced the first evidence for "quantum superchemistry"—a phenomenon where particles in the same quantum state undergo collective accelerated reactions. The effect had been predicted, but never observed in the laboratory.

Using the full capabilities of the Quantinuum H1-1 quantum computer, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory not only demonstrated best practices for scientific computing on current quantum systems but also produced an intriguing scientific result.