Chemistry

Bananas undergo chemical and physical changes to become more appealing.

Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up. 

To learn more about decay and fossilization, researchers conduct unorthodox experiments—like dissecting decomposing animals in the lab. Christopher Intagliata reports.

A new idea explains recently discovered chemistry that seems to break the rules of high school textbooks everywhere

The Soviet-designed chemical is the nerve agent responsible for poisoning a former spy and his daughter, according to British Prime Minister Theresa May

The first nerve agents were invented by accident in the 1930s when German researchers were trying to make cheaper and better alternatives to nicotine as insecticides

The cinnabar moth caterpillar's coloration pattern warns predators close up, but camouflages the critter from a distance.

A survey of more than 1,500 studies concludes neonicotinoids harm bees

A squeaky clean science activity from Science Buddies

A race is on to create the world's heaviest elements—and to explore the periodic table's “island of stability,” where these elements exist for more than a moment

February 28 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and important military missions of World War II

Bobsled, luge and skeleton tracks lined with plastic rather than ice could make those sports more accessible worldwide