Despite being just a single layer of carbon atoms, graphene sure can excite engineers and scientists. Unlike bulk graphite, the ultrathin material boasts flexibility, strength, and possibly enticing ...

A chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom has been established for the first time. This research opens new vistas for studying the effects of Einstein's relativity on the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A UN expert group has reached a compromise on key elements of a global carbon trading system, in a bid to ...

What is the longest word ever to appear in print in English? There's a lot of confusion and misinformation on the subject. But when I set out to write about the periodic table, I was hopeful I would ...

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After chemists tried for more than 100 years, a team has finally synthesized a stable heavy-element version of a ketone—a germanone. Main-group inorganic chemists are celebrating the fundamental ...