Using computer simulations, researchers have shown that the oxygen molecule (O<sub>2</sub>) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million times higher than atmosphere ...
Washington, D.C.--Oxygen, the third most abundant element in the cosmos and essential to life on Earth, changes its forms dramatically under pressure transforming to a solid with spectacular colors.
Chemical bonding “is the heart of chemistry,” according to Alexander I. Boldyrev, a chemistry professor at Utah State University who spends his time thinking about how molecules are put together. “But ...