atalysts spur the world’s economy, but they still hold many mysteries. “One-third of global gross domestic product relies on catalysts, and yet do we really understand how they operate under ...

or decades, research in the polymer industry focused on improving the physical properties of plastics, and plastic eventually replaced traditional materials like metal, paper, and glass in many uses.

Researchers Marianne Pelletier (left) and Damon Britton (right) take water samples from various sediment depths. On the ...

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Straightforward reaction expands ability to recycle strong, lightweight materials used in applications such as wind turbines ...

Despite funding cuts, the National Science Foundation gave out 504 additional graduate research fellowships last week.

Porphyrin compounds take on vibrant shades of color thanks to their π electrons. The network of double bonds—also known as a ...

The American Chemical Society Division of Public Relations (PROF) is seeking applications for the 2026 cycle of the ACS PRIDE Merck Graduate Research Award. The first recipients of the award were ...

Bubbling carbon dioxide, which is found in flue gases, through an acid solution dramatically increases the durability of membranes used in carbon dioxide reduction reactions. One particular ...

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The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has reported that it was hit during an Iranian air strike on Sunday.

The widely used chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, commonly known as Taxol, was first extracted from the Pacific yew tree in 1963.