Tiny plankton shells used to reconstruct past polar ocean temperatures may contain two different chemical stories, a new ...

Electronegativity and molecular polarity are central to understanding chemical bonding. By combining periodic trends with molecular geometry, you can predict whether a molecule is polar or nonpolar.

Bond polarity is all about how atoms share electrons—and when that sharing isn’t equal, fascinating things happen. From electronegativity differences to molecular geometry, these factors decide ...

Chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a practical two-step method for alkylating alkenes via ...

Professor Laramie Jensen’s interest in inorganic and analytical chemistry led her to the ocean. And then to the North Pole.

Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions have, for the first time, directly measured the ...

Bans on older versions of “forever chemicals” seem to be working. But emerging variants behave in ways that scientists are ...

New nitride materials could let electricity control hidden magnetic spin patterns, pointing toward faster and more stable ...

Lord Hunt of Chesterton, who has died aged 84, was director-general of the Meteorological Office from 1992 to 1997; ...

For the first time, researchers directly characterized the 3D atomic structure of a relaxor ferroelectric, a class of ...

As global demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to surge, a team of Rice University researchers has developed a faster, ...

LMU researchers improve stability and growth of perovskite quantum dots . Perovskite quantum dots are considered promising materials for LEDs, photocatalysis, and future quantum l ...