Latest Chemistry News & Discoveries

RhoBAST’s fluorescent signal begins with one RNA nucleotide flipping out to make room for a dye

The same 1,5-diene can form either a bridged or fused bicyclic structure, depending on its nitrogen group

Carpenter Ant Venom Isn’t Just Formic Acid—Scientists Uncover 35 Hidden Peptides With Antifungal Power

Scientists Create Recyclable Protein Fibers That Dissolve in Seconds—Without Losing Strength

This New Living Chemical System Breathes Air and Drinks Light to Create Medicine

Scientists Used a Giant Mirror and Raw Sunlight to Turn Plastic Spoons Into Computer Brains

This New Machine Learning Tool Can Predict Molecular Secrets in Seconds

Hawaii Is Paving Its Paradise With Ghost Nets Pulled From the Pacific

This New Super Sensor Can Sniff Out Deadly Ammonia in Just 1.4 Seconds

This Tiny Molecular Sentinel Inside Your Cells Decides How Your Body Heals

Scientists Discovered That Chaos Can Turn Into Perfect Order With Only One Rule

Scientists Discover That Just Three Water Molecules Can Flip a Molecule’s Structure

Scientists Successfully Created Cage-Shaped Molecules That Shouldn’t Exist

This New Artificial Jelly Can Feel Pain Just Like a Living Creature

This Self-Healing Orange Crystal Actually Repairs Itself in the Deep Freeze of Space

The 100-Year-Old Chemical Secret That Just Got a Sunlight-Powered Makeover

This New Compound “Exhales” Captured Carbon at Just 70°C

The “Leak” in Your Cells: Scientists Discover Why Some Calories Just Disappear

This New Catalyst Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Methane Using Only Sunlight

Scientists Turn Greasy Waste Cooking Oil Into Super-Strong Plastic That Can Pull a Car

Scientists Discover How Gallium Could Replace Expensive Metals in Life-Saving Chemical Reactions

The Secret to Brighter, Smarter Solar Cells Lies in a Tiny Atomic Twist

Scientists Uncover Surprising Discovery in Gas Separation That Could Revolutionize Clean Energy

Scientists Turn Bee Honey and Cocoa Waste Into a Gourmet, Eco-Friendly Super Ingredient

Scientists Turn Methane Into Medicine for the First Time — And It Could Change Everything

Scientists Create Membranes That Can “Think,” Separating Molecules by Chemistry Instead of Size

Scientists Create Self-Cleaning Menstrual Cup That Could End Boiling Forever

Scientists Crack a 50-Year Chemistry Mystery — and It Could Change How We Design Future Materials

AI Was Supposed to Design New Drugs — A New Study Just Exposed a Fatal Flaw

Scientists Build First “X-Ray” of RNA Droplets — Could This Crack the Code of ALS and Cancer?