chemistry

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless have been honored with this prestigious award.

They said in the science fiction movie Star Trek that we are units of carbon. But is it possible that there is another chemical element capable of substituting it? What is the framework of the molecules of life?

Until the end of the 20th century, nitric oxide was only of interest as an environmental pollutant, becoming the molecule of the year for its fundamental biological value.

No other material that we know of behaves in this way. Could this component have a brain?

At Dow, they aspire to be the most innovative, inclusive, sustainable and customer-focused materials science company in their industry.

Scientists have found the 'building blocks of life' in three meteorites that fell to Earth in 1950, 1969 and 2000. They all contained compounds that have been previously detected but also cytosine and thymine, the building blocks of life. This discovery adds to the evidence suggesting that the precursors of life came from space.

Scientists have measured the shocking percentage of fast food that contains harmful chemicals related to asthma or infertility.

This year's Ig Nobel prizes return with the most unusual study winners on the planet. Could humans have developed beards to protect themselves from blows to the face?