Category: Chemistry

Scientists Build First “X-Ray” of RNA Droplets — Could This Crack the Code of ALS and Cancer?

Comparison between 1–3 and commercial mitochondria-specific marker within living HeLa cells. Credit: Advanced Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202510730

Scientists Create “Water-Loving” Glowing Molecules That Could Revolutionize Disease Detection

Steven Naleway, left, and Atul Agrawal examine a fungal culture growing in a liquid medium in Naleway's lab at the University of Utah's College of Engineering. Credit: Dan Hixson.

Scientists Discover Soil Fungus That Could Help Regrow Human Tissue

Redox behavior of copper in Ullmann-type trifluoromethylation reactions. Credit: Yongrui Luo et al

Chemists Solved a 100-Year-Old Mystery Hiding in One of Chemistry’s Oldest Reactions

Researchers in Elijah Thimsen’s lab in the McKelvey School of Engineering has shown that carbon monoxide is a more promising starting source for producing organic acids than carbon dioxide. Credit: Alcina Johnson Sudagar

Scientists Turn Deadly Greenhouse Gas into Useful Chemicals—Here’s How It Works

Psilocybe cubensis grows worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, including Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. The mushroom prefers moist, fertilizer-rich soils and contains the psychoactive substance psilocybin, which is currently being researched as an active compound for the treatment of therapy-resistant depression. Credit: Felix Blei, Leibniz-HKI

Scientists Discover Mushrooms Invented Psychedelic Compound Twice—Completely Independently

Self-repairing organogels exhibit ratiometric mechano-fluorescence: orange emission (603 nm) in the relaxed state, blue (451 nm) after stretching. Credit: Adv. Funct. Mater. (2025): e19737. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202519737

Scientists Create Gel That Heals Itself in Minutes—and Glows When Stretched

On the pores of this radical organic framework, polysulphides are firmly trapped. They are thus prevented to leak back into the battery, shortening the battery service life. Credit: Sijia Cao / HZB

New Radical Material Could Make Electric Cars Run 5x Longer on a Single Charge

Development of highly robust superhydrophobic anti-corrosion coating using recycled tire rubber particles. Credit: Credit: Chemical Engineering Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.167434

Can Discarded Tires Protect Our Oceans? Scientists Say Yes

$An artistic impression of the experiment: 3D rendering of the micro-scale stainless steel grain investigated in this study showing the evolution of defects inside it with time (early—blue lines, later—red lines). The grain is embedded within a polycrystalline bulk sample, as schematically. By focussing a coherent X-ray beam on this grain, a coherent X-ray diffraction pattern can be measured, from which the shape of the grain and the defects inside it can be reconstructed. By continually monitoring this grain while hydrogen is introduced, researchers studied how hydrogen interacts with defects. Credit: David Yang, Felix Hofmann (bubbles graphic sourced from Free PNG Logos, John D.). Credit: David Yang, Felix Hofmann (bubbles graphic sourced from Free PNG Logos, John D.).$

Scientists Watched Hydrogen Weaken Steel From the Inside—And What They Saw Was Shocking

"The beauty of this method is that we solve a problem without creating a new one. By turning waste into a raw material that can actively reduce greenhouse gases, we make an environmental issue part of the solution to the climate crisis," says Margarita Poderyte from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, lead author of the research paper. Credit: Max Emil Madsen, University of Copenhagen.

Scientists Turn Plastic Trash into a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change

Granular hydrogels’ unique properties are influenced by individual particle interactions. Shown here is the bottom layer of a packed granular hydrogel, comprising particles of ~200 µm diameter. The interstitial space is illuminated with a large FITC-dextran probe that cannot penetrate the microgels. These soft hydrogel microparticles, or microgels, may deform when packed or when subjected to flow, such as when extruded for 3D printing applications. Credit: Gunnar Thompson

The Secret to Repairing Joints and Growing New Organs Might Be Hidden in This Strange Gel

Understanding Catalyst Activity for Green Hydrogen Production. Credit: FHI

Scientists Solved a Hidden Mystery Blocking Green Hydrogen’s Future

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.021

Scientists Uncover the Hidden ‘Boarding Pass’ That Lets Proteins Enter Mitochondria

By using highly reactive carbenes and a copper–silver catalyst system, researchers have developed a method to selectively attach alkyl groups to the C5 position of indoles, which are found in bioactive compounds and are considered valuable building blocks for drug development. Credit: OLCF via Creative Commons Search Repository https://openverse.org/image/93a12709-7d77-4a6a-a4bf-20030129f8a8?q=molecules+breaking&p=37

The Tiny Molecule That Could Transform the Future of Medicine

As with natural photosynthesis, the new molecule temporarily stores two positive and two negative charges. Credit: Deyanira Geisnæs Schaad

Humans Are Learning to Turn Sunlight into Fuel Like Plants

$New material rivals iridium for water splitting reaction at a fraction of the cost. Credit: Jin Huang and Siyuan Zuo$

Category: Chemistry

Scientists Build First “X-Ray” of RNA Droplets — Could This Crack the Code of ALS and Cancer?

Scientists Create “Water-Loving” Glowing Molecules That Could Revolutionize Disease Detection

Scientists Discover Soil Fungus That Could Help Regrow Human Tissue

Chemists Solved a 100-Year-Old Mystery Hiding in One of Chemistry’s Oldest Reactions

Scientists Turn Deadly Greenhouse Gas into Useful Chemicals—Here’s How It Works

Scientists Discover Mushrooms Invented Psychedelic Compound Twice—Completely Independently

Scientists Create Gel That Heals Itself in Minutes—and Glows When Stretched

New Radical Material Could Make Electric Cars Run 5x Longer on a Single Charge

Can Discarded Tires Protect Our Oceans? Scientists Say Yes

Scientists Watched Hydrogen Weaken Steel From the Inside—And What They Saw Was Shocking

Scientists Turn Plastic Trash into a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change

The Secret to Repairing Joints and Growing New Organs Might Be Hidden in This Strange Gel

Scientists Solved a Hidden Mystery Blocking Green Hydrogen’s Future

Scientists Uncover the Hidden ‘Boarding Pass’ That Lets Proteins Enter Mitochondria

The Tiny Molecule That Could Transform the Future of Medicine

Humans Are Learning to Turn Sunlight into Fuel Like Plants

Scientists Uncover a Hidden Metal Recipe That Could Power the Hydrogen Age

Scientists Uncover Hidden Molecules in Cannabis Leaves That Could Change Medicine Forever

Scientists Create a New Form of Carbon That Survives in a Bottle at Room Temperature

Scientists Discover How to Control Chemical Reactions Without Heat or Light

Scientists Unlock the Secret of a Sea Creature That Grows Teeth Harder Than Steel

Scientists Harness Sunlight to Erase Forever Chemicals from Water

Scientists Create First Organic Molecule to Shine Brightly and See Deep Inside the Body

Scientists Stunned as Gold Reacts with Hydrogen to Create a Never-Before-Seen Substance

The Catalyst That Adapts Like Life Itself Is Here—and It’s Just One Atom

Scientists Discover a New State of Matter That Exists Between Dimensions

Scientists Zoom Into Plastic and Uncover a Hidden Flaw Changing Electronics Forever

The Moment Salt Touched a Surface Changed Everything We Thought We Knew

Scientists Recreate a Wildflower’s Secret That Could Save the Bees

The Power of Polymers: From Plastics to DNA