Chemical reactions drive life. They ensure that cells obtain energy, proteins perform their functions, and DNA changes under ...

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could successfully predict their masses, densities, how they would link up with other ...

At the far end of the periodic table is a realm where nothing is quite as it should be. The elements here, starting at atomic number 104 (rutherfordium), have never been found in nature. In fact, they ...

Scientists have uncovered that some atoms in liquids don't move at all—even at extreme temperatures—and these anchored atoms dramatically alter the way materials freeze. Using advanced electron ...

University of Manchester chemists and international collaborators have isolated a rare three‑atom bismuth ring and shown it ...

All matter is made of very small units called atoms. Atoms are so small they cannot be seen using a regular microscope. Scientists have discovered a way to “see” atoms using a special instrument ...

Ángel Rentería-Gómez is in the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, USA. Access to large libraries of analogues of drug candidates, with varied structural ...

Methanol is a key starting material for chemical products. Researchers can now produce this precursor from CO2 and hydrogen with high efficiency by using isolated metal atoms as catalysts. (Nanowerk ...

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 ...