In the process of converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals such as ethylene—a key precursor for plastics—a major ...

Computational Chemistry is the study of complex chemical problems using a combination of computer simulations, chemistry theory and information science. Also called cheminformatics, this field enables ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers are building out the repertoire of chemical reactions, using light. In a paper published in the journal Nature, chemistry professor Yang Yang and collaborators at the ...

A Japanese team's discovery that stainless steel ball mills can activate nickel catalysts adds to a growing list of examples ...

Research reveals ocean dead zones are dynamic systems, with shifting chemistry that affects nitrogen cycles, carbon storage, ...

New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

When chemists design drug candidates, shape matters enormously. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients contain branched ...

A ring of beads connected to tentacles A modeling study shows how chemical reactions can stimulate motion in simple systems, like the structure here—made of enzyme coated beads connected to ...

Fullerenes are all-carbon molecules with a distinctive closed-cage structure, whose unique properties have attracted considerable attention across diverse scientific disciplines. Ongoing research has ...

Food science isn’t just for the lab. It’s something we experience every day. The Maillard reaction, simply put, is when food ...

I read with considerable interest the editorial “ ‘No Excuses’ for the Future of Green Chemistry” (C&EN, June 2/9, 2025, page 2) and the first installment of the new column on green chemistry, “The ...

Calcium carbonate is a chemical found in eggshells, seashells, and many other materials. Observe how calcium carbonate reacts with common liquids. A Plaster Master or a Plaster Disaster Plaster is ...