Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic chemical, may have helped spark the chemistry that led to life. When frozen, it forms crystals with ...

For the first time, scientists visualized how electrons behave during a chemical reaction, which could help reduce unwanted byproducts in future chemistry. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

The Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater in 2021 and has already found some clues to the planet's past. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 23, 2022 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

A computational method for finding transition states in chemical reactions, greatly reducing computational costs with high reliability, has been devised. Compared to the most widely used existing ...

The film explains the concept of chemical changes, where two or more materials combine to form entirely different substances. It highlights everyday examples of chemical changes, such as burning wood ...

Students in Kitty Gantt’s fifth-grade science class at St. Jean Vianney Catholic School experimented with chemical reactions by building volcanoes from water bottles and Play-Doh, then creating a ...

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 ...

Everyone loves the incredible edible egg, but what about a green one? Today we're coming at you with three kitchen egg demos that will bounce, denature, and colorize you into total chemical ...

Fifth-grade students at Southern Local Elementary School are learning how science is involved in everyday foods by using an induction oven for cooking up experiments. Their first attempt was making ...