A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...

Dark matter is hypothesized to outweigh "ordinary matter" in the universe by a factor of five. That means all the stuff we ...

The carbon monoxide, in particular, was interesting: it bore a powerful resemblance to the carbon monoxide seen in the planet ...

The science behind the colours of a rainbow is a reminder of the wonders of the original quantum designer In the fifth ...

A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed an "anchoring-borrowing" strategy, combined with facet ...

A team at UC Davis has created a new drug called JRT that mimics LSD’s brain-healing effects without the hallucinogenic side effects. By flipping just two atoms in LSD’s structure, researchers made a ...

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...

Quarks are the reason protons have a positive charge. Each quark has a fraction of an electric charge. A proton has two up ...