Alien life Silicon-based life on Earth? Only artificially, so far — but maybe natural on other planets March 1, 2018 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Chemistry New lithium-ion battery operates at -70 C, a record low February 27, 2018 - Updated on January 9, 2020
Chemistry Three Old Scientific Concepts Getting a Modern Look February 20, 2018 - Updated on January 25, 2024
Chemistry Scientists find hidden artwork beneath one of Picasso’s ‘Blue Period’ paintings February 19, 2018
Chemistry New desalinization technique separates seawater into freshwater and lithium February 15, 2018 - Updated on May 31, 2020
Biology Research into nugget-forming bacteria paves the way to better gold extraction methods February 1, 2018
Chemistry Meteorites carrying both water and organic compounds point to an ocean world “seeding life” in the universe January 11, 2018
Chemistry Scientists supercool water without freezing it January 10, 2018 - Updated on February 22, 2019
Applied Chemistry How to create deliciousness — the chemistry behind cooking November 7, 2017 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Chemistry Ozone hole at its slimmest after 30 years of international effort, keeps shrinking November 6, 2017 - Updated on February 22, 2019
Chemistry Biomarker molecule discovered “in abundance” around alien star, but still no life October 4, 2017
Chemistry The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for cool new tricks in electron microscopy October 4, 2017 - Updated on May 10, 2019
Chemistry World’s first molecular robot could usher in a whole new age of miniaturization October 3, 2017
Chemistry Your phone’s case and your car’s tires may soon be made from renewable, plant sugars April 25, 2017 - Updated on June 16, 2017
Chemistry World’s tiniest race will pit nanocars against each other in Toulouse this April March 27, 2017
Chemistry Tiniest U.S. flag ever appeared by accident after researchers toyed with a 2-D material March 21, 2017
Chemistry These microbots can remove 95% of toxic heavy metals from polluted waters in only an hour February 21, 2017
Chemistry Breakthrough chemistry can make tires from renewable sources like corn or trees February 15, 2017
Chemistry Triangulene, a weird and unstable triangular-shaped molecule, synthesized for the first time one atom at a time February 13, 2017
Chemistry Helium can, in fact, react with other elements to form a stable compound. Better re-write those textbooks February 8, 2017
Chemistry How to cook graphene using only soybean oil. Seriously, these scientists did it February 1, 2017
Chemistry The 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio of molecular machine pioneers October 5, 2016
Chemistry Edible coating can empty every last drop of sticky liquids like ketchup, honey or syrup September 8, 2016 - Updated on September 9, 2016
Chemistry Tiny nanotech device purifies water in less than half an hour using the sun August 17, 2016
Chemistry First peer review paper on chemtrails finds exactly what you’d expect — it’s all pseudoscience August 16, 2016
Biology Getting blackout drunk: how alcohol can leave you with no memory of the night before July 18, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Chemistry Rocks prove Mars used to resemble the Earth a lot — but no, that doesn’t mean there was life on it June 30, 2016
