Chemistry

  1. Environment

    Nanosilver: Naughty or nice?

    Nanosilver is in many products, from socks to toothbrushes. The tiny particles kill microbes. But it’s still unclear whether they can harm us or the environment.

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  2. Chemistry

    Bacteria become source of ‘greener’ blue jeans

    Manufacturing indigo to dye blue jeans now relies on harmful chemicals. But researchers have found a less polluting way to produce the blue tint: bacteria.

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  3. Chemistry

    Secret to rose scent surprises scientists

    Scientists discovered the molecular tool that roses use to make fragrance. And it wasn’t what they expected.

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  4. Chemistry

    Taking chicken off the grill and into the lab

    Grilling meat can produce carcinogens. A teen studied how to grill chicken to produce the fewest of these cancer-causing chemicals.

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  5. Chemistry

    News Brief: Common campfire style is still the best

    Humans tend to build fires in the same way, in a pyramid as tall as it is wide. New calculations show this shape burns hottest.

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  6. Chemistry

    The science of getting away with murder

    A student took her love of crime shows to the next level. She did a science fair project to find out which cleaner works best at getting rid of bloody evidence.

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  7. Chemistry

    Scientists Say: Ion

    Some atoms and molecules have a positive or negative electrical charge. These are called ions.

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  8. Chemistry

    Cool Jobs: Saving precious objects

    Museum conservators are experts at protecting and restoring precious objects. Along with art or history, many also have studied chemistry, physics, archaeology or other scientific fields.

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  9. Chemistry

    How sweat might make you smell sweeter

    A new scent-delivery system ensures that the more you sweat, the more perfume it releases. In fact, it only works in contact with moisture.

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  10. Chemistry

    Form some bonds with a chemistry card game

    A new game can make aspects of learning chemistry fun. Pair charged elements together to create neutral compounds. Win points in the process.

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  11. Chemistry

    News Brief: Wash removes nano germ-killers

    Manufacturers coat many fabrics with silver nanoparticles to kill bacteria. But when those items get laundered it can be bye-bye germ killers.

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  12. Chemistry

    Cooking up life for the first time

    The basic components for life could have emerged together nearly 4 billion years ago on the surface of Earth, chemists report.

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