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U.S. scientists have created UV light-driven, single-molecule submersibles. Image credit: Loic Samuel / Rice University.

Researchers Create Light-Driven Submersible Nanomachines

Nov 17, 2015 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and Rice University has created UV light-driven, unimolecular ‘submarines’ that contain...

Porous liquid. Image credit: University of Liverpool.

Scientists Invent Liquid with Permanent Porosity

Nov 12, 2015 by Natali Anderson

An interdisciplinary team of chemists, physicists and material scientists from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Argentina, has invented a ‘porous...

This false-color image shows carbon nanofibers. Image credit: Stuart Licht.

Scientists Turn Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide into Nanofibers

Aug 20, 2015 by News Staff

A group of researchers led by Dr Stuart Licht of George Washington University has developed a novel method to economically convert atmospheric carbon dioxide...

Formation of nucleobases in meteorite impact reactions. Image credit: Yoshihiro Furukawa.

Meteorite Impacts on Early Oceans May Have Created DNA Building Blocks

Aug 18, 2015 by News Staff

Meteorite impact reactions may have generated building blocks for life in the oceans of the prebiotic Earth, says a team of scientists led by Dr Yoshihiro...

Molecular structure of thiophene-1,1-dioxide oligomers and schematic of the molecular junction created using asymmetric area electrodes. Image credit: Brian Capozzi et al.

Scientists Create Single-Molecule Diode

May 26, 2015 by News Staff

A group of scientists led by Dr Latha Venkataraman of Columbia University has developed a single-molecule diode that may have real-world technological...

Separating europium and yttrium with UV light. Image credit: University of Leuven.

Chemists Develop New Technique for Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Fluorescent Lamps

May 11, 2015 by News Staff

A group of scientists at the University of Leuven in Belgium has developed a novel method for the recovery and separation of two rare earth elements –...

A hydrothermal vent at Brothers volcano, Kermadec arc, New Zealand. Image credit: NOAA.

Hydrothermal Vents Able to Create Simple Organic Molecules, Study Says

Apr 29, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study in the journal Chemical Communications, alkaline hydrothermal vents on the seabed are able to produce simple carbon-based molecules,...

The artificial photosynthesis system has four general components: (i) harvesting solar energy; (ii) generating reducing equivalents; (iii) reducing carbon dioxide to biosynthetic intermediates, and (iv) producing value-added chemicals.

Scientists Create Artificial Photosynthesis System

Apr 17, 2015 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute,...

Dr Martin Vollmer and his colleagues detected a rapid accumulation of anesthetic gases isoflurane, desflurane, and sevoflurane, in the global atmosphere. Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Anesthetic Gases Contribute to Climate Change, Say Atmospheric Chemists

Apr 9, 2015 by News Staff

Desflurane, isoflurane, sevoflurane and halothane – clinically used inhalation anesthetic agents – are accumulating in the atmosphere of our...

Molecular representations of the NU-1000 node and linker (left), MOF topology (two views, center), and the dehydration of the NU-1000 node (right). Zr – blue, O – red, C - black, H - white. Image credit: Joseph E. Mondloch et al.

Novel Material Destroys Chemical Warfare Agents Soman, VX in Minutes

Mar 18, 2015 by News Staff

A group of chemists co-led by Dr Joseph Hupp and Dr Omar Farha, both from Northwestern University, has developed a new material that is very effective...

This synthesizer assembles complex small molecules out of simple chemical building blocks, like a 3D printer on the molecular level. Image credit: L. Brian Stauffer.

Scientists Develop Revolutionary ‘3D Printer’ for Small Molecules

Mar 13, 2015 by News Staff

A group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has designed an automated ‘3D printer’ for small molecules that could open...

Beer bottles from a 170-year-old shipwreck. Image credit: John Londesborough et al.

Chemists Analyze Beer from 1840s’ Shipwreck

Mar 5, 2015 by News Staff

Two bottles of beer from an about 170 year old shipwreck near the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea have been analyzed by a team of scientists from Finland...

Scientists have found a way to unboil eggs. Image credit: Eugene Kim / CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Discover How to ‘Uncook’ Egg Whites

Jan 28, 2015 by News Staff

In research that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments and food production, a team of chemists from Australia and the United States, led...

Space-filling representation of the Star of David catenane. Image credit: David A. Leigh et al.

Star of David Molecule Created

Sep 26, 2014 by News Staff

Manchester University PhD student Alex Stephens and his colleagues have successfully synthesized a Star of David catenane – a star-shaped molecule...

Scientists Discover Four New Ozone-Depleting Gases

Mar 10, 2014 by News Staff

European and Australian researchers have identified three new ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, dubbed CFC-112, CFC-112a, CFC-113a, and one new ozone-depleting...

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao. Image credit: Biswarup Ganguly / CC BY-SA 3.0.

India Gives Top Civilian Honor to Noted Chemist, Institution Builder: Prof C. N. R. Rao

Mar 4, 2014 by Sukant Khurana

Bharat Ratna, the India’s equivalent of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, has historically been awarded to social and political leaders, artists and...

Ooids, Gallstones, Otoliths: Study Provides New Insight into Formation of Mysterious Natural Structures

Feb 28, 2014 by News Staff

Temperature oscillation produces stunning self-assembled mineral microspheres containing rhythmic ‘growth rings,’ providing new insight into the formation...

A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening at a botanical garden, Hawaii.

Novel Technique to Check Authenticity of Premium Cacao Beans

Jan 17, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists have developed a unique method to authenticate the purity and origin of cacao beans, the source of chocolate’s main ingredient, cocoa. A...

Barrow, Alaska. Image credit: Bob Johnston / CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Find High Levels of Atmospheric Molecular Chlorine in Alaska

Jan 14, 2014 by News Staff

A large multinational team of researchers has documented very high levels of molecular chlorine – as high as 400 parts per trillion – in the...