Chemistry

Water is often described as the universal solvent, but that familiar label captures only part of its importance. In living...

Smartphones, smartwatches and small drones may soon have access to a different kind of rechargeable power source—one designed not only...

Industrial wastewater could soon be treated with a material that is not only highly effective at capturing toxic lead, but...

A molecule that can be opened, closed, made to glow and even directed to form different products with different wavelengths...

Altermagnetism, a recently recognized form of magnetism that could reshape the future of computer memory, has taken a significant step...

Hydrogen is often described as a clean energy carrier, but producing it at the purity required for fuel cells, industrial...

A catalyst made from discarded fish bones could turn one of agriculture’s most persistent waste streams into a concentrated source...

An international team of astronomers has uncovered a previously hidden chapter in the life cycle of stars by observing fragments...

For billions of years, a globular cluster orbiting a distant galaxy has been slowly torn apart by gravity. The result...

Liquid battery electrolytes have long been described as if they were simple recipes: a salt dissolved in a solvent, perhaps...