Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of how triple chemical bonds ...

Scientists have rewritten the story of gallium after discovering that its unusual atomic bonds re-form at high temperatures, ...

Research on single-atom catalysis by Zhang Tao and his team receives the first prize of the State Natural Science Award in ...

An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity ...

Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...

NASA has made contact with LINK, the robotic spacecraft made for the Swift Boost mission.

The periodic table of elements you learned about in chemistry class is responsible for the beautiful display of colors we see ...

Rare earth elements are crucial for our modern age. Crucial, too, is solving the environmental challenges surrounding them.

Crews at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have finished deactivating Isotope Row, a cluster of 10 contaminated buildings.

For the first time in eons, the legendary game show “Jeopardy!” is hiring a new clue writer. The ideal candidate should “demonstrate wit and clarity” — and must also be able to pass the show’s ...

For most of scientific history, chemical elements were identified through materials that could be handled, heated, weighed or ...

The air you're breathing right now? Mostly useless nitrogen. But dig just a little deeper, and the chemistry gets genuinely ...