Anticancer prodrugs have attracted significant attention from the medical and scientific communities in recent years because ...

Controlling how oxygen reacts is important for improving technologies such as batteries, fuel cells and environmentally ...

Enzymes are proteins that can be harnessed for chemical manufacturing, but they are typically restricted to mild temperatures ...

Computational Chemistry is the study of complex chemical problems using a combination of computer simulations, chemistry theory and information science. Also called cheminformatics, this field enables ...

A ring of beads connected to tentacles A modeling study shows how chemical reactions can stimulate motion in simple systems, like the structure here—made of enzyme coated beads connected to ...

Motor proteins power everything from muscle contraction to bacterial swimming. While replicating their chemically fuelled ...

I read with considerable interest the editorial “ ‘No Excuses’ for the Future of Green Chemistry” (C&EN, June 2/9, 2025, page 2) and the first installment of the new column on green chemistry, “The ...

Calcium carbonate is a chemical found in eggshells, seashells, and many other materials. Observe how calcium carbonate reacts with common liquids. A Plaster Master or a Plaster Disaster Plaster is ...

How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them? According to one school of thought, ...

He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, ...