Chemistry

At Givaudan and IFF, chemists build—and safeguard—new aroma molecules tightly linked to emotion and memory

Scientists thought glassy substances had to be either moldable or impact-resistant—but compleximers are both

With performance three times better than copper’s, this new material could substantially improve heat management of electronics, data centers and energy systems

Science writer Hanne Strager explores how the trailblazing Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann overcame self-doubt to discover that Earth has a solid inner core, overturning the long-held belief that it was liquid

Agnes Pockels achievements in surface science have long been overshadowed by a popular and likely untrue story that she became interested in the subject while doing the dishes

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon

A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip

From Schenectady, N.Y., to the University of Cambridge, Katharine Burr Blodgett’s brilliance impressed the world’s leading physicists

A new study finds a variety of hair extensions—from natural to synthetic—contain chemicals associated with cancer, birth defects and reproductive issues

When a young Katharine Burr Blodgett joined future Nobel Prize winner Irving Langmuir at the General Electric Company’s industrial research laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y, it was the start of her brilliant career

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