For decades, scientists have searched for clues to how life first emerged on Earth. Many theories focus on simple molecules reacting in water or on fragile protocells drifting in ancient seas. A new ...

Researchers propose a figurative and literal green solution to improve the durability of roads and sidewalks: an ...

There is a dire need for selective catalysts that allow us to consistently achieve a desired outcome in a chemical reaction.

Recently, Professor Fei Wang's research group at Nankai University developed an aromatic radical substitution reaction based ...

A new University of Maryland study of campus air samples revealed that chemical compounds from Canada’s historic 2023 fires lingered in the air, forming an ‘atmospheric soup.’ ...

Indigo, the pigment used for centuries, has been repurposed by researchers from Concordia University in Canada, proving it ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Living systems perform chemical transformations under conditions and with precision that synthetic chemistry cannot reach. As such, the field has increasingly moved toward bioinspired and ...

The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — The chemical industry powers modern life, from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals, but much of what happens at the atomic level during catalytic reactions has remained invisible—until now ...