New molybdenum-coated catalyst produces hydrogen more efficiently

An experiment designed to detail the inner workings of the strong force inside matter reports its first data

It is nearly impossible to improve on a substance considered the final frontier in lightweight materials; but chemists have done just that

How red hair is produced by redheads’ cells might explain why they have different sensitivity to pain

New nanodiamond-based dual-mode contrast agent provides clearer and more accurate images of liver tumors at lower dosages

Designing for novel optical components instead of using off-the-shelf optics could reduce the size, weight, or cost of optics systems

New method will better help researchers analyze defects in such materials

Rutgers-led team invents promising technology for killing microbes

The latest episode of the American Chemical Society's Reactions series celebrates the chemical process of distillation that makes bourbon and other whiskey varieties possible

For more than 10 years, University of Adelaide researchers have been investigating the role of microorganisms in gold transformation

Future explorers on Mars would just need to apply pressure to compact the soil—the equivalent of a blow from a hammer—to make bricks

An electron microscope-based lithography system for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer could be used to create and study materials with new properties