Dream Engineering Could Help You Solve Problems While You Sleep

Dreams and REM sleep have long been associated with creativity. Why is that? Sleep is about a lot more than just restoration.

Watching a critical green-energy catalyst dissolve, atom by atom

Iridium oxide is one of the most important—and most problematic—materials in the global push toward clean energy. It is ...

Framework sets new benchmarks for 3D atom maps in amorphous materials

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the ...

Atoms Don’t Sit Still: Scientists Catch Them Roaming Before X-Ray Damage Strikes

Researchers have uncovered how atoms subtly rearrange themselves for up to a trillionth of a second before releasing ...

UCLA Chemists Have Created “Impossible” 3D Bonds That Shouldn’t Exist

UCLA chemists proved that some of chemistry’s oldest rules can be broken—and new molecules emerge when they are.
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The Legislative Branch

Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress. The Constitution grants ...