New catalyst turns waste CO₂ into valuable commodity chemical

At 97, lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough says his work is not done

Super sorbent soaks up methane under mild conditions

Plastics recycling with worms and microbes further away than people think

New study shows how biomolecules broke mirror symmetry during the origin of life

The mysteries of Louis Pasteur’s mislaid lab books

Hormones reveal the secret life of fat cells: In the past 20 years, scientists have discovered a dozen new hormones which are produced by adipose tissue

Nobel Laureates Paul D. Boyer and Jens C. Skou Die at 99

Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record

Will the world ever be ready for solar geoengineering?

Vaccines against addictive drugs push forward despite past failures

Activating circadian clock reduces brain cancer without side effects in mice

Fuel-cell cars finally drive off the lot

How rare earth metals rose from obscurity

Researchers unravel the biosynthesis of psilocybin

Getting inside mitochondria to tinker with their genomes has been tough, but scientists have made a molecule that turns off a disease-causing gene in human cells' mitochondria.

A polymeric material that incorporates beta-cyclodextrin - a molecule that is cheap and produced by the ton - can capture 93% of a perfluorinated contaminatednt in drinking water based on lab tests.

A newly discovered compound in nutmeg activates a cold-sensitive ion channel in neurons and could help extend menthol’s cooling effect

A novel metal-organic framework (MOF) may make pulling water out of thin air a reality

Cadmium Red - a pigment composed of cadmium sulphide and cadmium selenide - is more soluble in water when solutions are exposed to sunlight, bucking conventional wisdom on its insolubility.

Researcher sues Harvard for drug royalties

New role in cells suggested for ATP

How the wrong cat litter took down a nuclear waste repository

Titanium dioxide’s elemental charge states reevaluated

Making better contact lenses

Organics found on dwarf planet Ceres

"BPA-free" may be a lie in regards to baby teethers

Chemists prepare an inorganic double-helix structure for the first time

Silkworms that eat carbon nanotubes and graphene spin tougher silk

Amphetamine boosts rats’ recovery from brain injuries

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