Chemical Reaction

"I want to put my full focus into whatever project I'm on, then add to it and build from there"

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have prepared an organometallic complex from 0.3 milligrams of berkelium-249.

Say goodbye to clogged drains with these CNET-tested drain cleaning products.

The Sarandí canal in Argentina turned blood red last week. Officials suspect a toxic substance used in dyes has entered the waterway, located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

'It's similar to how we might memorize where our favorite pizza place is.'

A reader recently requested a chemistry lesson about bismuth. Why?? Beats me. It takes all kinds. Some people eat sweetbreads and some like nipple clamps. What follows may or may not be worse.

Gatorade is selling "electrolyte-infused" alkaline water. Save your money and your groin. It's a stupid ripoff with implied health benefits. Please.

A groundbreaking 2D polymer could give a new meaning to body armor and ballistic fabrics with its unbeatable strength and flexibility.

The LA disaster is a wake-up call: Our firefighting playbook was written for a world that no longer exists. We need a new approach, and we need it now.

Exclusive: US companies are increasingly shipping toxic waste to other countries, where some argue it poses a risk

Absorbed Glass Mat batteries excel in modern cars with advanced tech and are a worthy replacement if its time to replace your old lead-acid battery. Here's why.

PFAS compounds have carbon-fluorine bonds, one of the strongest in chemistry.

Scientists in Japan have demonstrated a new method to create hydrogen fuel without emitting greenhouse gases. But key steps to improve its efficiency remain for it to be commercially viable.

Researchers suspect that chloronitramide anion might be toxic, but further study is needed.

An accidental discovery of a 3D fossil reveals the dinosaur's mysterious death

NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.

Big data means big concrete. And that's undoing tech's climate pledges

BioLab, in Conyers, Georgia caught fire in September. Now a cloud of noxious chemicals and lawsuits is descending.

The legendary director talks about his wide-ranging reading taste, and some of the books that informed his latest film, which stars Adam Driver as a visionary polymath.