An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and molecules, and laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action ...

Scientists need skills in visual analysis and critical thinking, but these skills aren't being taught or practiced nearly ...

Researchers at the ICN2 and the UAB have developed a novel strategy to obtain different types of organic molecules by breaking down their molecular structures. This technique enables fast and ...

Can you imagine a life-saving molecule whose “twin” is a deadly poison? As surprising as it may seem, this chemical reality is known as “chirality”. Like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules ...

Chirality: like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules can have the same composition, but a different shape and ...

Quantum computers have been hyped as machines that can solve almost any problem. Yet it is becoming clearer that their ...

By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, EPFL scientists have engineered ...

Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a powerful method to look deep inside single-atom catalysts—materials where every ...

A series of compounds featuring fused six-membered silicon rings represents a step up in complexity for the class of ...

Study shows how daily habits like showering and changing clothes impact airborne chemical formation, surprising findings ...