Chemistry
Coldest chemical reaction reveals intermediate molecules in slow motion
Scientists have used a complex setup that allowed them to image intermediate chemical compounds that typically last only a thousandth a billionth of a second.
European satellites track climate shifts using ocean salinity
The team is currently working with climate scientists to compare the new dataset with in situ observations and with the output from salinity models.
Complex glass objects 3D-printed using new take on old method
The printed objects are small, but very complex.
New, free app modifies antibiotics to work against drug-resistant infections
"There's an app for that" has never been more relevant.
Buckyballs in space: how complex carbon molecules form in space
The mystery of how complex carbon molecules--buckyballs-- came to be detected in interstellar space may have been solved.
The best fossils may need oxygen — just a little — to form
Oxygen, in the right place at the right time, makes for spectacular fossils.
New catalyst nanoparticle turns plastic waste into high-quality hydrocarbons for oils, waxes, cosmetics
Sick of plastic waste? So are these researchers.
New material selectively captured CO2 molecules and turns them into useful products
Propeller-shaped molecules trap CO2, which can then be used to manufacture useful organic materials.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to trio that created today’s lithium-ion batteries
Whenever you poke at your phone, hit the power button on your laptop, or start your Tesla, know that the work of these three laureates made it possible.
New study points the way to rice straw soaps
Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.
Fossil fuel extraction and use in the Arctic is changing the local chemistry
The Arctic is seeing a buildup of pollutants linked to fossil fuels.
Scientists make an 18-atom ring of pure carbon
It might pave the way for molecular-sized transistors.
Scientists reconstruct Cleopatra’s legendary perfume
If Cleopatra was closeby, you'd probably smell her before you see her.
Scientists uncover new insights into the origin of life
The conditions necessary to form the building blocks of life are more feasible than meets eyes.
Researchers develop very powerful but reversible glue — kind of like snail slime
If it's icky but it works....
