A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable than single-use plastics.
Pantry staples can go rancid when exposed to oxygen.
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Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second.
Has the Nobel Prize category ‘chemistry’ morphed into ‘biochemistry’?
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Liposomes have been used to enhance the effectiveness of medicines for decades – but it doesn’t necessarily mean they will work in food supplements too.
UC Davis students learn the fundamentals of both engineering and brewing coffee.
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The bourbon industry has been booming in recent years, but what sets all the different types of bourbon apart?
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean.
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Nanoparticles have contributed to profound medical advances like the COVID-19 vaccine, but without oversight, they pose ethical and environmental issues.
Ever wonder how soda manufacturers get the bubbles and fizz inside the can? A chemist explains some of the science behind the carbonation process. Hint − it involves carbon.
Summer humidity can change the way your hair is behaving – but what’s the science behind that?
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A chemist explains how the structure of your hair follicles, your genetic code and environmental factors like humidity influence how hair behaves on a day-to-day basis.
Remember building model molecules with balls and sticks in chemistry class? You have J. Robert Oppenheimer to thank for that, as a quantum chemist explains.
How long do chemicals really need to last?
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Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to be a useful material to humans for thousands of years.