Chemistry News Stories

Nanoparticles used routinely in wastewater cleanups can encourage bacteria to breed superbugs, new research has shown...

A way of distilling drinks without even heating them has been developed...

Already a major contributor to the food and fertiliser industries, seaweed could also hold the key to low cost biofuels...

A new method of determining the structure of a crystal has been developed which can measure the structure even though...

Plastics may soon be able to be designed to a specification for an individual job

DEET is one of the most common chemicals in insect repellents, but since its invention scientists have been unable to...

Online computer gaming is sometimes viewed as a mere pastime without much outward benefit, but new research reveals how...

Plants able to grow on toxic explosive components could clean up contaminated compounds.

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered how coffee spills evaporate to leave hollow circular...

Diamonds have been found in candle flames...

Synthesised derivatives of a compound extracted from ginseng appear to reduce the destructive side-effects of cancer...

Garlic is well known to repel vampires, but scientists have discovered that the sensor that picks up the spicy...

The chemical that gives sunburn its sting and might be a critical link in other inflammatory forms of pain has been...

Good news for hayfever sufferers – by cracking the crystal structure of the histamine receptor, scientists are on the...

Porous molecules, useful in a huge range of applications including separating chemicals and catalysing reactions, may...

Attacking bacteria are sensed by plants which need to fine-tune their immune systems in response.

By studying the wobbles of a compound called ytterbium flouride in an electric field, scientists have discovered the...

Scientists have developed a sugar-fuelled chemical filter to clean up contaminated water.

Researchers in Seattle and Washington have solved an “enormous jigsaw puzzle” to design two novel proteins that bind to...

A group of Brazilian researchers led by Renata Castro, have found that the classic comedy banana skin is actually very...

Scientists have added a sparkle to the arsenal of anti-tumour agents by successfully demonstrating that diamonds can...

The origins of life on earth are a hotly debated topic among scientists. One theory suggests that meteorites brought...

With a breakthrough that could hasten the arrival of a new generation of even more powerful microprocessors, scientists...