A Discovery Researchers Call ‘Revolutionary’
Ashwagandha is a small shrub that’s having a big moment. Used in traditional Indian medicine for thousands of…
This AI has chemical expertise — and helps synthesize 35 new compounds
Chemical synthesis is the process of creating complex chemical compounds from simpler precursors.Credit: Andrew Lambert Photography/SPL Searching for…
Scientists spot largest sulfur molecule ever found in deep space
Deep in the cold, dusty spaces between stars where no planets exist and no sunlight shines, astronomers have…
Distorted honeycomb magnet edges closer to a quantum spin liquid
Most magnets are predictable. Cool them down, and their tiny magnetic moments snap into place like disciplined soldiers.…
Scientists capture first real-time images of electrons breaking bonds
Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens in between. Seeing these…
Crumb Rubber Decays Into a Dangerous Chemical Cocktail
If you grew up in America — or much of the rest of the world — in the…
AlphaFold Changed Science. After 5 Years, It’s Still Evolving
For example, researchers at Imperial College were investigating how certain “pirate phages”—these fascinating viruses that hijack other viruses—manage…
Physics-defying oil droplets hover, move against liquid flow in a first
In a world first, scientists in Germany have successfully recorded tiny oil droplets hovering within a flowing liquid,…
Quantum chemistry could enable safer, chlorine-free water disinfection
US scientists have taken a major step towards supplying hospitals and treatment facilities with safer chlorine-free water disinfection…
Earthquakes Did Something Unexpected to Life Deep Beneath Yellowstone
Researchers have investigated how earthquakes impacted underground life in Yellowstone, where they thrive far from the Sun’s warmth…
How to understand exoplanets — space scientists call on lab-based chemists to help
In the 30 years since exoplanets were first reported1, telescopes have revealed thousands of them. One of the…
Ohtani Shows the Economic Power of the Immigrant Superstar
It’s not usual to have a World Series full of baseball superstars, but I think most fans would…