Why chemical plant disasters could become more common in the U.S.
A near-miss incident and a deadly chemical accident in a single week have affected thousands and drawn scrutiny to federal rules around risk management at chemical plants
Kamala Sohonie: The biochemist who wanted to feed a nation
Biochemist Kamala Baghvat, later known as Kamala Sohonie, forced open the doors of India’s male-only laboratories and used her knowledge to help feed a nation
Scientists discover why gold doesn’t ‘rust’
Gold doesn’t tarnish like similar metals do. A new paper says that the key is the intricate “herringbone” pattern of its atoms.
Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test
The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it
National Academies experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge
In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the National Science Foundation’s board as “an alarming attack” on U.S. science
Inside the labs where chemists engineer luxury perfumes
At Givaudan and IFF, chemists build—and safeguard—new aroma molecules tightly linked to emotion and memory
This bizarre substance breaks the rules of both glass and plastic
Scientists thought glassy substances had to be either moldable or impact-resistant—but compleximers are both
Super heat conductor challenges fundamental physics
With performance three times better than copper’s, this new material could substantially improve heat management of electronics, data centers and energy systems
Inge Lehmann and Earth’s deepest Secret
Science writer Hanne Strager explores how the trailblazing Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann overcame self-doubt to discover that Earth has a solid inner core, overturning the long-held belief that it was liquid
Agnes Pockels’ pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about women’s domestic roles
Agnes Pockels achievements in surface science have long been overshadowed by a popular and likely untrue story that she became interested in the subject while doing the dishes
Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet
After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon
IBM scientists unveil the first ever “half-Möbius” molecule, with the help of quantum computing
A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip