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, ...

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 ...

Imagine a simple, everyday foodstuff with a surprising but powerful defense against one of the most serious threats to public ...

Scientists build a synthetic cell that grows, divides and replicates DNA using only non-living chemical components.

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

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 ...

So it’s perhaps unsurprising that in the 250 years following its birth, the US grew into one of the world’s scientific powerhouses, including in chemistry. Across various measures of chemistry prowess ...

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

What do Botox, rat poison, weight-loss drugs and a fictional murder investigation have in common? At the University of Nevada ...

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

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