A scientist wears a lab coat and gloves and adjusts scientific instrumentation in a laboratory. Researchers have developed a strong ultrathin polymer membrane that totally stops gas molecules from ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. Porous materials can potentially store hydrogen in a more compact way. For instance, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have an open scaffold structure that ...

Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic explains how relatively few heat-trapping molecules can have a planetary ...

A project at the University of Stuttgart has developed a method for more quickly detecting and identifying very low concentrations of gases. The new approach, termed coherently controlled ...