Scientists have long noted with interest that in one of nature's crucial chemical reactions—the oxygen evolution reaction—it ...

Sometimes, less really is more. By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State has ...

Over the past two decades, lithium-ion battery technology has contributed greatly to human progress and enabled many of the conveniences of modern life by powering increasingly capable portable ...

Bo Thamdrup, Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, Anthony D. Bertagnolli, Cory C. Padilla, Nastassia V. Patin, Emilio Garcia-Robledo, Laura A. Bristow, Frank J. Stewart https ...

Earth's oxygen levels rose and fell more than once hundreds of millions of years before the planetwide success of the Great Oxidation Event about 2.4 billion years ago, new research shows. Earth's ...

It may have been unexpectedly easy for the air to become rich in oxygen. A new simulation of the rise of oxygen suggests that it was driven by the planet itself, and needed little help from living ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth elements, or REEs, these silvery-white metals are challenging to isolate, ...

a) Comparison of oxidation and corrosion resistance of Li-Na eutectic alloy and Na metal. SEM images for Li-Na alloy b), and Na c) electrodes after five stripping/plating cycles. d) Voltage profiles ...

Use of hydrogen in fuel cells requires catalysts that are tolerant to oxygen and are able to function in the presence of poisons such as carbon monoxide. Hydrogen-cycling catalysts are widespread in ...

Rust is a natural process — the refined iron is essentially trying to return to its original oxidized, stable state: iron ore.