An animation shows how a water molecule responds after being hit with laser light.. As the excited water molecule starts to vibrate, its hydrogen atom (white) tugs oxygen atoms (red) from neighboring ...

A strange new behavior of water molecules has been observed inside crystals of beryl, a type of emerald, caused by bizarre quantum-mechanical effects that let the water molecules face six different ...

We all know the ingredients for water. You take two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, moosh them together just so, and voila – you have a molecule of the most important compound to life on Earth.