For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have watched water molecules in real-time as they prepared to give up electrons to form oxygen. In the crucial moment before producing oxygen, ...

Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction that involves water molecules breaking down chemical bonds. One key type is electrolysis—using electricity to break water into oxygen and hydrogen gas. In this study, ...

For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, catching a substance that usually hides behind the familiar H 2 O formula in ...