Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even ...

One September day, it started to snow inside MIT's Pierce Laboratory. Researchers depressurized a tank of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), instantly freezing it and releasing solid flakes. These were ...

For decades, chemistry has been treated as a mature industry: essential, but commoditized and with limited opportunities for ...

At that moment, he later said, his future took a very different turn: the book “saved me.” The book, originally published in ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map ...

Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean ...

Faculty and students in Drexel's chemistry department work side-by-side to address the diverse challenges facing our planet in the areas of energy, environment and health. Drexel University’s ...

In RIT’s chemistry BS, you’ll research chemicals to discover, develop, or improve products like paints, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, electronic components, and more. Prepare for Advanced Degrees: ...

Chemistry can change the world. Chemistry is central to all sciences and to life itself. In a world made of molecules, chemistry reveals what these groups of two or more atoms look like and the rules ...