Researchers at The University of Manchester and Hebei University of Technology have identified how a new class of catalyst can break down lignin into useful chemical building blocks, offering a more ...

An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity ...

Progress in chemistry is often gradual, with some of its most important advances taking years—sometimes decades—to unfold. A ...

Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of how triple chemical bonds ...

Scientists have developed a new way to watch how individual atoms inside a molecule behave after the molecule absorbs light, ...

In drug discovery, building complex molecules quickly is the name of the game. Chemists want molecules with increasingly ...

Nuclear reactors are traditionally powered with dense fuel rods that can produce about 1 gigawatt of carbon-free electricity, ...

In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a peripheral region of a relatively calm planetary system ...

Pyrite, an iron sulfide ore, is often known as fool's gold because its shiny metallic luster and pale brass-yellow color can ...

Scientists have discovered record concentrations of hidden gold locked inside pyrite, the mineral commonly known as fool’s ...