Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

Scientists have found a hidden world deep beneath the Arctic Ocean that is changing how we understand life in the deep sea ...

Two related discoveries detailing nanocrystalline mineral formation and dynamics have broad implications for managing nuclear ...

A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...

Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a hidden molecular "control switch" inside a protein that helps the body ...

Russian propaganda, with the aim of discrediting the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is spreading misinformation about the alleged preparation of a “Ukrainian chemical provocation.” — Ukrinform.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, false claims about “US-run biolabs” began circulating almost immediately through Russian state outlets. Within weeks, those same allegations ...

New research shows how gold helps transform plant-based ethanol into useful industrial chemicals with fewer emissions and ...

Leavening agents rarely attract attention beyond the moment a cake rises or fails, yet their chemistry shapes texture, ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

Olof Ramstrom, member of both the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, described the ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...