Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...

Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. An ...

Though some come from adults, about 95 percent are from children. Kids ask questions about the park and often request ...

Water, the universal solvent, plays a crucial role in various chemical and biological processes. Understanding the solubility of organic compounds in water is fundamental in fields ranging from drug ...

In 2013, the Curiosity rover drilled this hole, which measures about 0.6 inches wide and 2.6 inches deep, into martian rock. The sample is now thought to contain long-chain organic molecules. NASA / ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Student motivation, particularly among nonchemistry majors, remains a crucial area of ...

Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain. The probe would follow its quarry, a comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, for ...

1 Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, China. 2 Zhejiang Shengxiao Environmental Protection Technology Co, Quzhou, China. 3 Department ...

A group of organic compounds known as porphyrin derivatives are essential for life on Earth. They form the core of both chlorophyll and hemoglobin, and some researchers hope they could be the key to ...

Mercaptans are chemicals containing carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur. They are detectable at concentrations as low as 10 parts per billion. In some cases, mercaptans are used as an additive to odorless ...