Chemists are pioneering a clean, electrochemical method to make iron, a key step in decarbonizing the steel industry. Their ...

Most accounts of the history of chewing gum take us back a couple of millenia to the Mayans of Mesoamerica who tasted the sap of the sapodilla tree and discovered that it did not disintegrate in the ...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

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Starch-based biodegradable plastics may cause organ damage and metabolic issues, raising concerns about their safety despite ...

In reshaping how we think about soil chemistry, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate is helping redefine the role of fertilizers in an ...

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are tiny semiconductor particles that are just a few nanometers in size, which are synthesized ...

Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the ...

Consumer electronic devices are made from materials that we have been using for more than 60 years, mainly silicon, germanium ...

Nanoplastics can enter the brain, accumulate in organs, and trigger inflammation. Learn how these invisible pollutants impact ...

For millions of people around the world, asthma is more than just a breathing problem—it is a chronic and often debilitating ...

The weather forecast for Jupiter calls for clouds with a chance of lightning and "mushballs"—a slushy mix of ammonia and ...