Oxygen provides the driving force for many vital chemical reactions. Two well-known examples include respiration, the process ...

A groundbreaking experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has allowed scientists to watch electrons ...

Chemists have developed a catalyst that breaks a long-standing rule governing which molecules receive electrons during ...

All chemistry starts with a push from electrons. In the early moments of a chemical reaction, it's the movement of electrons ...

The work challenges the assumption that all life descended from one free-living cell. Instead, it suggests that two microbial ...

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 ...

Researchers developed a machine-learning model that can predict the structures of transition states of chemical reactions in less than a second, with high accuracy. Their model could make it easier ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Energetic Materials Center and Purdue University Materials Engineering Department have used simulations performed on the LLNL ...

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 ...