Combining chemical signaling with mechanical analysis leads to mechanophores that can identify damage in polymers.

The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we've only identified 1% of them. Scientists believe undiscovered chemical compounds could help remove ...

An enzyme called GRK2 clumps up and damages cellular powerhouses in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease. Newly ...

Sustainable packaging is only the beginning. What a medicine is made from—and how its ingredients are produced—matters just ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to NileRed’s exploration of a chemical compound that is difficult to keep stable, examining the ...

Carbon monoxide observations and chemical models favor a more oxygen-rich Neptune, offering clues to the ice giants’ different histories.

In this course, principles and skills of physical sciences are developed and used to investigate questions inspired by four crafts: Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Brewing, and Glassblowing. 111 General ...

A child’s baby tooth may preserve clues about chemical exposures dating back to before birth. A small new study found roughly 300 chemicals per participant on average, with 57 of the 60 most ...

Preserved artifacts buried beneath ancient ruins offer tangible proof of the chemical catalysts that fueled ancient building projects. Excavations inside Greek and Egyptian temple complexes uncovered ...

Many of the mass-produced items ordinary people encounter and utilize regularly – ranging from cosmetics, electronics and fuel to plastics, medicines and processed foods – could not have been created ...