Bouncing Bubbles Boost Boiling
A new surface uses tiny gaps to supercharge bubble formation to transfer heat
Basic Chemistry
Making Chemistry Safer Is Worth the Price Tag
With chemical spills and other accidents a common occurrence, it’s becoming more expensive to maintain the status quo than to make chemistry safer
Why Does Salting Roads Make Them Safer?
How salt makes roads safer in winter—and why new methods could be better for the environment
Information Theory Can Help Us Search for Life on Alien Worlds
Information theory can help us decode signs of biological activity hiding in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets
This Molecule Is a Nanoscale Bulldozer
Researchers discovered that a heart-shaped molecule will jump in straight lines when given an electric jolt
The Chemistry behind Bourbon
How does bourbon, “America’s spirit,” get its distinctive taste and color?
Rare Superheavy Oxygen Isotope Is Detected at Last
The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured
Why Hair Turns Curly and Frizzy in the Summer, according to Chemistry
A chemist breaks down how hair follicles respond to summer heat and humidity
‘Quantum Superchemistry’ Observed for the First Time Ever
A new type of chemistry performed at very cold temperatures on very small particles enables quick, precise reactions
Chemistry Urgently Needs to Develop Safer Materials
The damaging effects of accidents like the Ohio train derailment would be minimized if industry would commit to developing safer chemical processes and products
In a First, Scientists See How Water Stores Extra Protons
Scientists capture complex structure in a molecule-deep pool of ice
2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for a New Way of Building Molecules
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering an easy way to “click” molecular building blocks together