A 100-year-old equation helps scientists build solar cells, develop biofuels and even study quantum computers.
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Forgot your laundry in the washing machine? Sorry, you’re going to have to wash it again.
Was my career choice inspired by Star Trek? Indubitably.
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
Interstellar maps can help scientists find patterns that tell them about fundamental chemical processes in the cosmos.
If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.
From slowly rusting iron to quick crystals, heat packs and hand warmers use simple but clever chemistry to keep you toasty.
Two garments made from the same fibre may have very different environmental footprints depending on how they were processed and finished.
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear biochemist Mark Lorch explain how scientists are trying to make new elements for the periodic table.
Nanobubbles are invisible, mysteriously stable, a thousand times thinner than a human hair, and surprisingly versatile.
Butter and margarine are both made up of long fatty acid chains, but some slight chemical differences mean differences in how they melt.
A physical chemist outlines the promises and risks associated with methane fuel and describes why SpaceX and Blue Origin use it in their superheavy rockets.
Future missions may be able to take only a small, damaged sample from space back to Earth. A simple analysis tool could help determine whether its contents suggest the presence of life.
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
Chemists have been working on new approaches to reducing waste and finding new functions for existing materials.
We can study the cosmos by tracing debris from exploding stars right here on Earth.
Hemp-derived THC products are federally legal, for now. A chemist describes the different THC forms these products can contain and the legal restrictions placed on them.
Eating fiber can prevent a number of health issues, and you might need to eat more than you think.
Discoveries of molecules in space that suggest extraterrestrial life are exciting, but they need to be taken with a grain of salt – an astrochemist explains why.
You can feel wet when you can see water and when you can’t see water. You can also feel dry even when there’s a lot of water vapor in the air – like during a fire.
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