A significant new chemical attribute of plutonium has been found by researchers: the identification and structural verification of the +2 oxidation state in a molecular system. Researchers at Los ...

For years, scientists have been trying to emulate photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria harness light from the sun to chemically transform water and carbon dioxide into ...

The Oxidation Number (ON) of an atom within a molecule or solid is a well defined quantity in chemistry (assuming a consistent set of rules are followed), with a long and distinguished history of ...