Can the shape of a crystal really change how well it performs in clean energy technology? A new study says yes—decisively.

Houston-based Lunar Resources extracted oxygen from simulated moon soil in a vacuum chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

The illustration shows schematically how nanothin sheets of nickel compounds are released from the clathrate structure, providing an extremely large surface area for the oxygen evolution reaction.

The deep sea holds many secrets, with more than 80% of it being unmapped, unexplored, and unseen by any human in history. The ...