Chemistry

Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, talks about the potential and needs of science on the continent.

A fingerprint could give a molecular signature revealing aspects of a person’s lifestyle and environment, such as their job, eating habits or medical problems

Skills learned in the kitchen, at the vanity, in the craft room or in the garage can help put classroom struggles into context

A look at a database of fatal traffic accidents found a 12 percent increase on the informal marijuana holiday 4/20 after 4:20 P.M. compared with nearby dates.

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