Chemistry

December 11, 2025

Brookhaven Lab publishes second edition of nuclear nonproliferation textbook

Updating the 2013 edition, the new release describes important changes that have since been implemented in the International Atomic Energy...

Novel MD simulation sheds light on mystery of hydrated electron’s structure

Credit: Vladimir Rybkin The e-aq species is difficult to observe directly because it is short-lived and cannot be separated or...

New research shows highest energy density all-solid-state batteries now possible

Credit: Sangryun Kim and Shin-ichi Orimo Scientists from Tohoku University and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization have developed a...

Optical ‘tweezers’ combine with X-rays to enable analysis of crystals in liquids

Credit: Robert Horn/Argonne National Laboratory Understanding how chemical reactions happen on tiny crystals in liquid solutions is central to a...

A first glimpse deep beneath an ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean ridge

Technology allows researchers to make images from 120 km below a mid-ocean ridgeCredit: Illustration: NTNU More than 100 years ago,...

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

Altered neuron growth and gene expression may be related to why some depressed individuals do not respond to SSRIsCredit: Salk...

‘Tremendous contributions’

Professor Otger Campàs receives 2019 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award from the Society for Developmental Biology How do we...

Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks

Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding...

Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington’s coast

Credit: Brendan Philip /University of Washington Off the coast of Washington, columns of bubbles rise from the seafloor, as if...

Researchers discover hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University...

Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter...

Open-source solution: Researchers 3D-print system for optical cardiography

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office An international research team from the George Washington University, U.S., and the Moscow Institute of Physics...

Revealing the plant genes that shaped our world

Library enables a new understanding of the various processes associated with photosynthetic function Palo Alto, CA--The creation of new library...

Hannover Messe: Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film

Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze The valves and pumps being developed by the research group led by Professor Stefan Seelecke at...

SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting

Scientists present latest research on environmental toxicology and chemistry in Helsinki Brussels -- The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry...

Golden ball in a golden cage

'Golden fullerene': Ligand-protected nanocluster made of 32 gold atoms Researchers have synthesized a tiny structure from 32 gold atoms. This...

Solving the efficiency of Gram-negative bacteria

Researchers have discovered how antibiotic-resistant bacteria construct their defense system, which could lead to new treatments for untreatable infectionsCredit: National...

NIST researchers boost intensity of nanowire LEDs

Credit: NIST Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that,...

Plant scraps are the key ingredient in cheap, sustainable jet fuel

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel....

In a new quantum simulator, light behaves like a magnet