Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

We’ve been eagerly following [ProjectsInFlight]’s stepwise journey toward DIY semiconductors, including all the ups and downs, false leads, and tedious optimizations needed to make it possible for the ...

That’s why a concept known as Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) has recently begun spreading through the chemical ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper ...

Don't let January get you down. These small changes can help you feel brighter despite the dark days of winter.

The hilarious and food-loving Raphael Gomes performs more simple science experiments using everyday foods to uncover ...

A substance that has, for decades, been considered an essential component of accepted chemistry calculations does not actually exist, according to new research conducted by scientists from the ...

The insanity of trying to control overdose deaths by banning certain drugs became evident years ago with fentanyl. Yet we now have a new monster on the street called Tranq and some people think that ...

Sickle Cell Disease is an awful genetic disease that disproportionally affects black people. It's caused by a single-point mutation in DNA, which results in a modified hemoglobin protein, differing by ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a little unusual in that it recognizes three things: a conceptual approach to building complicated molecules, a chemical reaction that exemplifies that concept, ...

Could a simple chemistry idea end plastic pollution? Discover how scientists created programmable plastics that degrade on a ...