Chemistry

Tech

A greener way to keep flames away

Scientists use safer materials to create a new flame retardant.

Chemistry

Plant-powered plastics

Scientists are using green materials to create more Earth-friendly plastics.

Chemistry

Superslim silicene

Lab-made sheets of silicon are only one atom thick.

Oceans

Sea changes

Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

Chemistry

Like poison for phosphorus

Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic.

Physics

Explainer: What is a laser?

Lasers are the brightest source of light on Earth and produce the purest form of color possible.

Chemistry

Prizes award big ideas about small things

Carbon and IVF win big in this year’s Nobel prizes.

Chemistry

These gems make their own way

Gemstones made in the lab could improve your cell phone or catch nasty bacteria in your water.

Chemistry

Bandages that could bite back

A new material would make bacteria's attack the path to their demise.

Chemistry

The memory of a material

A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

Chemistry

Heaviest named element is official

Superheavy copernicium takes its place in the Periodic Table.

Chemistry

Cold, colder and coldest ice

Electric charge can change the temperature at which water freezes.