Eli Sloutskin and Alexander Butenko watched this droplet transform as they lowered and then raised its temperature. As it cools, the spherical droplet of hexadecane briefly becomes an icosahedron ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual new form of aluminium that challenges long-held assumptions about how this common metal behaves. Researchers at King’s College London have identified an unusual ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique ...

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

Cottrell teacher-scholar award winner Meaghan Deegan balances cutting-edge research in synthetic compound stabilization with ...

Chemical irritants can cause chest tightness, coughing and shortness of breath. For kids, there’s more potential for serious side effects.

Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a sustainable, environmentally friendly approach to ...

Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP) and Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, LapMET, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal Institute of Science ...

EARLY in the present century, it was a comparatively simple matter to ascertain whether a specific organic compound had been described in the literature, and, if so, to determine what was known about ...