The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. When molecules collide with surfaces, a complex exchange of ...

Reducing methane emissions from oil and gas, agriculture and waste sectors can improve public health and slow global warming. Here’s how that can be done.

The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming ... in surface collisions with heavier molecules like methane (CH 4) was nearly impossible because of the overwhelming number of ...

Elements are listed on the periodic table., carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). It exists naturally as a molecule. Each methane molecule has a central carbon atom joined to and surrounded by four ...

EPFL researchers, with colleagues in Germany and the United States, developed a method to simplify this process. They ...

In the quantum world, every state of a molecule has a specific symmetry, and transitions between states must follow strict symmetry rules. If two states of a methane molecule had incompatible ...