“By changing one carbon atom in the backbone of an alkane molecule, we can make it flow 30 times faster”

Chemist Oliver Trapp has designed and synthesized a catalyst that flexibly molds the handedness of the reaction products with which it interacts

Researchers disprove the idea that water degrades black phosphorus and find the material is actually hydrophobic

The shrinking list of approved preservatives is having unintended consequences

Low-cost wearable electronic device collects and analyzes sweat for health monitoring

Research team combines X-ray source at Berkeley Lab with other tools

Scientists persuade nature to make silicon-carbon bonds

The benefits are two-fold: The process removes harmful CO₂ from the atmosphere, and the diesel can be used as an alternative fuel to gasoline

One difficulty in nanorobot design is to make nanostructures sense and respond to the environment

Technique may enable large-scale atom arrays for quantum computing

Some scientists have an important, if morbid, job: They study the smell of decomposing human bodies.

Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles