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Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the ...

The arrangement of small molecules—known as ligands—around transition metal atoms affects how the metal atoms behave. This is important because transition metals are used as catalysts in the synthesis ...

Boric acid is a common form of boron, a naturally occurring element found in different minerals. It's an essential micronutrient in most plants and some animals. Boric acid can be released into the ...

Structure of the world’s first molecule with a triple bond ... with their findings published on March 4 in Nature Synthesis. In the novel molecule, the boron atom is in a linear arrangement with ...

Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form chemical triple bonds with each other due to their similar electronic properties. Examples of this are the gas carbon monoxide, which ...

Structure of the world's first molecule with ... Dewhurst explains that in this newly synthesized molecule, the boron atom is arranged linearly with carbon atoms. He emphasizes that the need ...