Chemistry

A cool activity from Science Buddies

The absence of substances originating from coffee, chocolate, nicotine and blood in pee could indicate foul play 

Nanotech particles tucked into a gel coating can prevent poisoning by deadly organophosphates for a week or more

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel.

Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

An ancient artistic activity from Science Buddies

An artistic activity from Science Buddies

The new technology can identify proteins that distinguish healthy cells from diseased ones

Scientists have created a “map” of odor molecules, which could ultimately be used to predict new scent combinations 

Scientists are developing new techniques for detecting food and beverage fraud

There are two broad types of tear gas—and they’re both engineered to cause pain

Ice records pre-industrial levels of a chemical that scrubs the atmosphere of greenhouses gases