Chemistry

A new method helps clarify how canola and other edible oils deteriorate, providing valuable insight for prevention.

Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us.

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has presented a new way to advance the click chemistry.

~ A powerful tool for 3D and multicolor STED imaging of cellular ultrastructure ~

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has introduced new low cost, high efficiency hydrocarbon fuel cells.

A technique to create a material for cost-effective water electrolysis uses a simple chemical method for preparing nickel-based anodes to improve the oxygen-evolution reaction. Efficiency gains like this one developed by KAUST are important in evolving renewable energy.

A coating of molybdenum improves the efficiency of catalysts for producing hydrogen.

A cross-linkable spring-like polymer finishing agent inserted into calfskin leather for high elastic recovery performance.

Tungsten and titanium compounds join forces to turn a common alkane into other hydrocarbons.

Chemists have tried to synthesize carbon nanobelts for more than 60 years, but none have succeeded until now. A team at Nagoya University reported the first organic synthesis of a carbon nanobelt in Science. Carbon nanobelts are expected to serve as a useful template for building carbon nanotubes and open a new field of nanocarbon science.

Diseased rice seeds treated with atmospheric plasma show significant improvement and growth, offering a potential tool to protect rice crops from fungus and blight.

Fuel such as petrol is made up of hydrocarbons - a family of molecules consisting entirely of carbon and hydrogen. Pigment and dye, coal and tar are made up of hydrocarbons too.

Template modification could speed up the fabrication of sensing substrates and other novel structures.

Stable and recyclable materials synthesized using intrinsically porous polymers selectively retain CO2 from exhaust and natural gas.

Synthesizing life-saving pharmaceuticals from natural biomass can be more cost-efficient than traditional methods and produces fewer toxic byproducts.