Chemistry

For decades, the pursuit of purer colors in organic light-emitting diodes has followed a seemingly straightforward rule: make the molecules...

Buildings could soon get a powerful new tool for cutting heating and cooling demand: an artificial-intelligence system that learns the...

Respiratory infections and air pollution are often monitored with instruments that depend on pumps, batteries, tubing, and laboratory infrastructure. Those...

Artesunate, a drug best known for its lifesaving role in malaria treatment, may have a second life as a targeted...

Recovering gold and other valuable metals from discarded electronics, mine tailings and industrial waste could soon require far less chemical...

A carefully controlled chemical transformation has produced a supercapacitor electrode that combines the advantages of metal oxides and metal sulfides,...

In a result that could reshape how scientists understand electron transport in topological materials, researchers have observed an unusual form...

Long before a sunspot darkens the Sun’s visible surface, the magnetic forces that create it may already be leaving a...

Glasses are often celebrated for their strength, stability and resistance to deformation. Yet the very features that make a glass...

Light can now be made to rotate in a chosen direction without designing entirely new chiral molecules, according to researchers...