BES Highlights

Metal-organic frameworks designed with a topology-guided approach show higher efficiency than commercial benchmarks.

A flowing magnetically responsive liquid seamlessly regulates the shape and properties of solids, letting them perform an array of jobs.

Discovery of new boron-containing phase opens the door for resilient flexible electronics.

Researchers capture detailed images of polymers, using electron-based imaging and computer simulations.

Materials prevent battery failure by inhibiting tree-like growths.

Production of actinium-227 ramps up for use in a drug to fight prostate cancer that has spread to bone.

New method could enable studying the fastest interactions of ultrabright X-rays with matter, a vital way of learning about chemical reactions.

The behavior of active magnetic liquids suggests new pathways to transport particles across surfaces and build materials that self-heal.

To design molecular solar cells, sensors, etc., researchers need to know how light creates electricity on an atomic scale. This isn’t easy

Water oxidation provides the electrons and protons required in natural photosynthesis to convert solar energy into chemical energy that it is

Some chemical bonds are tough to re-arrange because it’s hard to access them. This aligns with the conventional wisdom that to make and break

Researchers discovered a new liquid electrolyte named BTFE. The electrolyte could replace the molten salt currently used in fluoride-based

Discovered decades ago, a large protein complex called NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) helps regulate the steps of photosynthesis where

Scientists often employ nonlinear spectroscopies in the optical, infrared, and radiofrequency regimes to probe ultrafast molecular dynamics and

Both underneath our feet and in the skyscrapers towering above, iron is constantly reacting. In the soil, these reactions can affect both nutrient

Solid-water interfaces are primary sites for physiochemical phenomena in natural and technological systems, especially for reactions that occur at

All available evidence supports the hypothesis that the reaction center, the pigment-protein complex that uses light to produce chemicals that

For every molecule of nitrogen transformed to ammonia, nitrogenase makes at least one molecule of hydrogen (H2), which has been a

By studying photosynthesis, scientists can uncover key details about how organisms use light to drive their metabolism. This fundamental

While scientists have been studying the binding of uranium to iron-bearing minerals for some time using X-ray spectroscopy, different researchers

Solvent extraction, the go-to technology for reprocessing nuclear waste or refining rare earths and precious metals, involves the preferential

Regardless of what crops they are growing, farmers want to increase the yields and reduce the use of costly pesticides. Using less of such

Scientists have figured out additional ways that the trihydrogen cation, H3+, the most abundant ion in the universe, is

The association or dissociation of ion pairs in water is present in chemical reactions in fuel cells, batteries, and human cells. Scientists have

In the world around us, it’s easy to see orders and patterns, such as the collective movement of a flock of birds. These patterns, or