Heavy water is a form of water with a unique atomic structure and properties coveted for the production of nuclear power and weapons. Like ordinary water—H 2 0—each molecule of heavy water ...

Scientists at Columbia Engineering have created a machine learning algorithm that can observe the pattern produced by ...

Ionic compounds form what is known as a lattice structure. This is a regular arrangement ... Ionic compounds dissolve in water easily, when they do this their lattice breaks up completely.

The research team employed an in-situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) technique to observe the structural changes of perovskite when exposed to water at the atomic level.