Chemistry

MADISON — University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have developed low-cost sensors that allow for real-time, continuous monitoring of nitrate in soil types...

Rice University’s Department of Chemistry will soon welcome David Sarlah, who will contribute to the university’s cancer research efforts when...

Exploring the Structural Dynamics of 18Mg Led by physicist Si-Min Wang, the research team at Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics...

Researchers have discovered that zinc plays a crucial role in the nitrogen fixation process of legumes. This finding, along with...

Like the flutter of a butterfly's wings, sometimes small and minute changes can lead to big and unexpected results and...

Researchers led by Kannosuke Yabe, Asuka Kamio, and Soichi Inagaki of the University of Tokyo have discovered that in thale...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Binghamton University, State University of New York Distinguished Professor and Nobel Prize Laureate M. Stanley Whittingham has been...

Our cells and the machinery inside them are engaged in a constant dance. This dance involves some surprisingly complicated choreography...

A genetic “off switch” that shuts down the process in which legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into nutrients has been...

Across Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) brings variations in winds, weather, and ocean...

Dark energy — a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate — was discovered 26 years ago,...

Stars blinking code in Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” might be science fiction, but by deciphering neutron stars’ erratic flickers, a...

Many municipal landfills “burp” gas from decomposing organic matter rather than letting it build up. And burps from buried waste...

Clean, safe water is a limited resource and access to it depends on local bodies of water. But even dry...