Chemistry

Chemists at the University of Kashan have unveiled a new magnetic nanocatalyst that can build a family of industrially valuable...

Fresh-cut fruit occupies a curious place in the modern food supply: it is simultaneously one of the most convenient products...

A flowering shrub better known for adorning tropical gardens than for stocking pharmacists’ shelves is now commanding serious attention from...

Chemists in India have turned a vividly colored molecule best known for its place in the dye world into the...

Imagine a diagnostic test so simple that it needs nothing more exotic than a microscope, a microfluidic chip, and a...

In a field where scientists spend enormous effort shielding delicate quantum systems from the slightest disturbance, one physicist is asking...

Peanut butter is one of the world’s most beloved spreads, but it carries a hidden weakness: its abundance of unsaturated...

Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, better known in the aerospace world as UDMH, has carried crews and satellites into orbit for decades as...

A team of researchers at Selcuk University in Konya, Türkiye, has developed a biodegradable food packaging film that tackles two...

Every year, coal mines around the world release vast quantities of gas into the atmosphere that could, in principle, be...

Corrosion is one of the most expensive and stubborn problems in modern industry, quietly devouring pipelines, storage tanks, cooling systems,...

A team of researchers in China has built a new electrochemical sensor that can detect quercetin, a widely used plant-derived...

Textile dyeing is one of the most polluting steps in the global fashion supply chain, and a new study suggests...

Perovskite solar cells have staged one of the most dramatic efficiency climbs in the history of photovoltaics, surging past 25...

Hydrogen fuel cells promise clean power with nothing but water and heat as exhaust, yet their path to mass adoption...

Shoppers judge a steak with their eyes long before they ever taste it, and that split-second verdict is written in...

Polypropylene is everywhere. It wraps our food, forms our car bumpers, lives in our appliance housings, and quietly performs in...

A liquid fuel that can be poured, stored and shipped at ambient conditions, produced from biomass or even captured carbon...

A team of medicinal chemists in India has reported a new family of synthetic molecules that show striking potency against...

Yogurt is one of the world’s most popular fermented foods, but anyone who has scooped a spoonful of watery whey...