Molecules are made when two or more atoms chemically bond together. Atoms from different elements can combine. When the atoms are from different elements, the molecule can also be called a compound.

A team led by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found a new method to separate right- ...

Diagrams of the atoms making up the molecules benzene, left, and fullerene, right. Jynto (left) Benjah-bmm27 (right)/Wikimedia Commons. Every molecule is different – some are really different.

Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

The photoelectric effect, first explained in 1905, transformed our understanding of how light interacts with matter. When ...

This works by manipulating individual atoms in a vacuum chamber, held in place with electromagnetic fields. Normally, quantum computers store information using quantum bits, or qubits. However, to ...

Density functional theory is a widely used computer-based quantum mechanical method for calculating properties of atoms, molecules, and materials.