A staple for summertime activities- fireworks! Where do they get their characteristic color from? I traveled down to the ...

The colors bursting over your head on the Fourth of July are not chosen at random. Each one is a specific chemical element, ...

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A super-resolution image of SpudCell’s liposomes with an encapsulated genome and active protein expression. Photograph: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Benchtop NMR puts nuclear magnetic resonance on the lab bench, supporting teaching, QC, reaction monitoring, and materials ...

The International Space Station is now home to an even more capable quantum laboratory, where NASA cools atoms to nearly ...

Pioneering research has developed a new way of creating carbohydrate-based medicines that could ultimately replace costly ...

A slew of start-ups and academic labs are leaning on AI agents and bots, rather than humans, to speed up their chemistry ...

Water is the most studied molecule on Earth, yet a surprisingly basic question has gone unanswered for decades: When water is ...

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra ...