Stories by Chemistry World

Plants soak up explosive chemical traces from soil, then special sensors in leaves light up

Companies worry Trump will harm global trade, while Clinton accuses them of price-gouging

New research shows each molecule needed the other one

The scientist won a Nobel Prize for using ultrafast lasers to reveal chemical reactions 

Like the plant, a three-layered hydrogel can change shape then quickly return to original position

In mice, microbes released anticancer toxin that, with chemotherapy, shrank tumors 

Scientists who made three of the newest elements talk about whether they will run out of room for more

Government study finds safety for unborn children, calming fears

Remarkably, a little heat can help because of plant chemistry

Greater taxes and trade barriers concern chemical companies

Photoswitch may be useful in optical logic, in which light replaces electrical signals

It will be harder for chemical companies to hide information, but the EPA will need more money for tests

The latest additions to the periodic table honor the past

Globules move around, ingest others, leave waste—and could hold clues to origins of cells

Scenes from The Hunger Games 2 and Walking with Dinosaurs caused viewers to vent particular compounds

Imprinted polymers capture chemicals in sweat that cause body odor

New materials may never become efficient for real power, new report says

Xenon was hidden inside our planet by an early meteor bombardment—and a second assault placed another form in our atmosphere

The familiar H₂O molecule may take a strange, ringlike form

In addition to three-dimensional control, a new printer builds things from several different materials, not just one

Scientists have created hollow molecules to trap toxic gases such as sarin

Ruling against EPA undermines key features of new legislation, legal scholars warn

Metal hydrogen has never been seen, but if scientists make it, they'd be able to conduct electricity without resistance, or have a superfluid that defies gravity

The artist’s famous flowers are turning from bright yellow to brown, because sulfates he used degrade under light