Chemistry

The Lost Women of Science team uncovers Katharine Burr Blodgett’s overlooked brilliance

The story of a woman whose discoveries in materials science quietly shape our everyday world but whose legacy was long eclipsed by the famous scientist she worked with at the General Electric Company

There’s a scientific reason your OJ tastes funny after you brush your teeth

Ice has many forms beyond the mundane stuff produced in a standard freezer

The U.S. is considering allowing bemotrizinol, a highly effective UV filter used throughout Europe and Asia, in its sunscreen products for the first time

Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds

For microscopic worms, physical laws we seldom notice take on life-or-death importance

The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza.

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and possibly deliver drugs to specific areas of the body

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights

Winners of the annual Ig Nobel awards include the science of tipsy bats and the physics of cacio e pepe