Researchers describe using a novel method combining cryogenic technology and direct laser light to cool the nonlinear polyatomic molecule calcium monomethoxide (CaOCH3) to just above absolute zero.

After firing the lasers and bombarding the molecules with light, the scientists gathered around the camera to check the results. By seeing how far these cold molecules expanded they would know almost ...

Three’s company: researchers at Harvard University have trapped individual triatomic molecules. (Courtesy: iStock/Emilija Randjelovic) Individual polyatomic molecules have been trapped in arrays of ...

Students learn to draw electron dot diagrams for atoms and Lewis structures for molecules. Bonding, Part II: Students learn to draw electron dot diagrams for atoms and Lewis structures for molecules.

The study of extended thermodynamics for polyatomic gases represents a significant advance in our understanding of non-equilibrium systems. This framework extends classical thermodynamics by ...