Chemistry

Chemistry

Fluorine atoms used to cut nanotubes

Researchers have found that they can cut carbon nanotubes into short, potentially useful pieces using a technique for adding groups of atoms to nanotubes.

Chemistry

Unlikely ion made in lab

Chemists have created a molecule—the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation—that many researchers thought was too unstable to exist long enough to be identified or studied.

Chemistry

The True Sweet Science

New techniques and tools are helping scientists elucidate the roles that complex sugars play in the human body and in drug manufacturing.

Chemistry

Noble gases and uranium get cozy

Chemists have created the first compounds containing both uranium and noble gases.

Chemistry

Wheat protein smooths ice cream

Proteins extracted from winter wheat keep ice cream smooth by preventing ice crystals from growing.

Chemistry

A new molecule and a new signature

In two independent discoveries, chemists have prepared a new form of nitrogen and captured the infrared spectrum of an unusual molecule made up of hydrogen and oxygen.

Chemistry

Viral parts: Chemists convert virus into nanoscale tool

Researchers are decorating viruses with a variety of molecules, making the microbes into potential building blocks in electronic circuits and new materials, as well as tools in biomedical therapies.

Chemistry

Making silicon naturally: Chemists glimpse organic substance in plankton

For the first time, researchers have found a compound composed of both carbon and silicon within a living organism.

Chemistry

Detonating silicon wafers can ID elements

Researchers have discovered a way to make certain silicon wafers explode on command.

Chemistry

New structure reveals catalysts’ details

Researchers have created a new compound that contains a palladium atom bonded in a unique way to six silicon atoms.

Chemistry

Compounds cool without minty taste

Scientists have created a compound that delivers a more potent version of the cooling sensation of menthol, without the minty taste or smell.

Chemistry

Everything Midas touched turned to rot

Researchers have found the nutrient sources for fungi that caused the decay of much of King Midas' tomb and its contents.