The Kibble–Zurek mechanism describes the formation of topological defects in systems undergoing continuous phase transitions, and predicts a power law for their density. Pyka et al. create ...

A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a study led by researchers at ...

The influence of bromide ion on the formation of nonpurgeable organic bromine and nonpurgeable organic chlorine was not studied previously because no analytical technique existed that could separately ...

The first chemical reactions in the wake of the Big Bang have been recreated for the first time in conditions similar to those in the baby Universe.

An ion channel in the brain's neurons has a "molecular memory", which contributes to the formation and preservation of lifelong memories.