Some science facts sound impossible, but they’re real. These examples show how strange reality can get once you look closer.

For decades, scientists trying to build better catalysts have relied on a single guiding principle: there is one sweet spot, ...

A new path has opened toward manufacturing high-performance precious-metal catalysts capable of producing and utilizing ...

This is what is going to happen to the Sun in about 5 billion years, so obviously any exoplanets in white dwarf orbit are of ...

Summer is here, and that means it is barbecue season for many people in the U.S. I am a chemist who studies compounds found in nature, and I am also a lover of food – including barbecue. Cooking on a ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Hebei University of Technology have identified how a new class of catalyst can break down lignin into useful chemical building blocks, offering a more ...

Organic molecular crystals can respond to external stimuli such as heat, light, and mechanical force, making them attractive candidates for next-generation functional materials. However, predicting ...

There are hundreds of chemical formulas – or as I like to think of them, pyrotechnic recipes – for fireworks. These recipes ...

The International Space Station has once again become the stage for groundbreaking science, as NASA continues expanding the ...

A new approach to battery recycling could turn today's electric vehicle waste into the building blocks of tomorrow's higher-performing batteries. Engineers at the University of California San Diego ...

A University at Buffalo physicist has received two U.S. Department of Defense grants totaling $1.1 million to study the quantum dynamics that could help advance neutral-atom quantum computing.