Basic Chemistry

The Science inside Your Ice Cream

A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science.

Spektrum and Scientific American Staff

Materials Science

A Flexible Fabric Could Harden into a Temporary House or Bridge

Ancient chain mail served as an inspiration for a highly unusual material that might one day lead to such applications

Lars Fischer

Geology

Ugly Diamonds Hold a Billion-Plus Years of Earth History

Tiny pockets of fluid inside imperfect diamonds show how Earth changed

Stephanie Pappas

Quantum Computing

How Quantum Computing Could Remake Chemistry

It will bring molecular modeling to a new level of accuracy, reducing researchers’ reliance on serendipity

Jeannette M. Garcia | Opinion