Chemistry

A new study published in Nature Chemistry is peeling back one of chemistry’s most elusive fingerprints: the infrared (IR) spectrum...

Laser dicing is the backbone of making semiconductor chips, but it comes with an industrial reality: the process must be...

Cells in stretched epithelia don’t simply endure stress—they remodel themselves. In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers at...

Crystalline order is rewriting what we thought was possible for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Since Tang and VanSlyke’s landmark OLED...

Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the University of New South Wales have resolved a long-standing question in atomic...

Knitting has evolved beyond comfort wear. In a new study from Harvard SEAS, researchers demonstrate how ordinary weft knitting can...

Sulfur(VI)-containing functional groups, such as sulfonamides, sulfinates and sulfonyl fluorides, are ubiquitous in pharmaceuticals, where they confer unique physicochemical properties...

Bacteria rely on CRISPR-Cas systems to survive attacks from bacteriophages, viruses that infect and hijack bacterial cells. Beyond its well-known...

Cells have internal “growth switches” that respond to nutrient availability—especially amino acids. When food is plentiful, cells accelerate protein synthesis...

Sparkling water is often positioned as a soda alternative, but a new experimental study suggests the details matter: unsweetened sparkling...