Long before lungs drew breath or eyes caught the shimmer of starlight, Earth was a swirling, violent chemistry set. The…
Category: Chemistry
Scientists Turn Carbon Emissions into Clean Fuel with Breakthrough Copper Catalyst
All around us, carbon dioxide drifts invisibly in the air—a silent specter woven into the breath of engines, the chimneys…
Breaking the 18-Electron Rule to Unlock New Frontiers in Chemistry
For over a century, one fundamental principle has reigned in the world of organometallic chemistry: the 18-electron rule. This chemical…
New Glass Coating Could Slash Your Heating Bills This Winter
Picture a cold winter evening in a bustling city like New York, Beijing, or Calgary. The wind howls outside, but…
Scientists Create Lightning in a Box to Revolutionize Fertilizer and Fuel
It begins with a spark—one not in the clouds, but in a lab. Not thunder booming across the sky, but…
Scientists Unlock the Secret Lives of Single Platinum Atoms
In the world of chemistry, some of the most powerful events happen in spaces smaller than imagination can grasp. The…
The Plant-Killing Bacterium That Could Help Cure Disease
In the world of plants, Pseudomonas syringae is a notorious troublemaker. This soil-dwelling bacterium is responsible for devastating blights, leaf…
Scientists Capture Hidden Chemistry Behind Explosions Using X-Ray Vision
In the mysterious moments between silence and shockwave, something extraordinary happens. High explosives, like those stewarded at Lawrence Livermore National…
New Oxidation State Found in Lanthanide After 130 Years of Mystery
It started with a whisper in the world of chemistry—a suspicion dating back to the 1890s that somewhere within the…
Turning Air Into Plastic May Soon Be Possible Thanks to This New Chemistry
Imagine a future where carbon dioxide—the invisible gas warming our planet—could be captured straight from the air and turned into…
Deadly Tomb Fungus Transformed into a Potent Cancer Fighter
It began as a whisper from the past—a deadly fungus hiding in the shadows of ancient tombs, once feared as…
Scientists Create Explosive New Form of Nitrogen That Could Power the Future
In a quiet laboratory in Giessen, Germany, a sliver of chemical history was written—a moment more than 200 years in…
Scientists Turn Wheat and Oat Leftovers into Sustainable Clothing
In a sunlit lab tucked inside Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, a quiet revolution is underway. Here, far from…
Scientists Capture the Invisible Moment When Molecules Transform
In the invisible theater of molecules, reactions unfold in a chaotic blur, intermediates appearing and vanishing in mere picoseconds. Scientists…
Scientists Harness Light to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Fuel
In a quiet laboratory on Long Island, a team of chemists may have taken a bold step toward solving one…
New Hydrogel Cleans Polluted Water and Recycles Phosphorus on the Cheap
In a world where agricultural fertilizers are vital and water pollution is ever-growing, scientists have unveiled a quietly revolutionary material—a…
Goodbye to Painful Probing as Ultrasound Device Transforms Dental Checkups
Going to the dentist isn’t most people’s idea of fun. And if you’ve ever experienced that moment when the dentist…
New Polymer Technology Brings Precision and Sustainability to Drug Manufacturing
In the realm of molecular architecture, few puzzles are more fascinating—and frustrating—than that of enantiomers. These elusive pairs of molecules…
Scientists Unlock the Hidden Nanostructure of Carmine Pigment
Across ancient manuscripts, medieval frescoes, baroque oil paintings, and even the pink coating of modern candy, a vivid red pigment…
Machine Learning Cracks the High-Pressure Mystery of Superhydrides
Deep within the pressure chambers of cutting-edge laboratories, scientists have long been chasing a dream: the creation of superhydrides—materials capable…
Life Without Life: Scientists Build Self-Reproducing Synthetic Cells Without Biochemistry
Life on Earth has always been the great alchemist of the cosmos—capable of transforming simple molecules into conscious beings. From…
Scientists Discover Silicone That Can Conduct Electricity and Glow in Color
In the sleek corridors of the University of Michigan’s materials science labs, something quietly revolutionary has emerged—a material long assumed…