Chemistry

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...

A new chemical toolkit unveiled in Nature Chemistry could make it easier to customize DNA and RNA molecules for diagnostics,...

Chemists have long used single-electron transfer to activate tough molecules and link them into more complex structures. But a stubborn...

A new kind of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) catalyst is drawing attention for hydrogen production, using a “dual-site” concept to overcome...

Soil moisture is a quiet driver of major risks—shaping crop growth, drought evolution, flood potential, and the daily exchange of...

Environmental pollution is accelerating as manufacturing, industry, and daily life expand, and one stubborn contributor is volatile organic compounds (VOCs)....