Nobody knows how much of the honey we buy is pure or adulterated, as detecting fraud remains surprisingly difficult. Nina ...

Certain peaks in the spectra of carbon-based materials can arise from multiple defects, researchers have concluded after computational analysis revealed that non-hexagonal rings, oxygen-containing ...

Slicing open a phenol ring with a simple nitrite reagent allows chemists to create a variety of nitrogen-containing products. The new method adds to the toolbox of skeletal editing strategies that ...

Severe drought in Europe has sunk river water levels to record lows and dragged on the movement of chemicals and other goods. Chemical firms including BASF, Covestro and Evonik have large facilities ...

What began as a grassroots initiative has become embedded across Pfizer's research and manufacturing operations, helping reshape processes for Viagra and Paxlovid ...

In 1876, Josiah Willard Gibbs published an equation that would transform chemistry - yet barely anyone noticed at the time.

An ingenious twist on a classic reaction provides easy access to chiral alkyl fluorides using a safe fluorine source derived straight from the mineral fluorspar. The reimagined Appel reaction avoids ...

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On 21 July, US president Donald Trump proclaimed on his Truth Social platform that he plans to introduce punitive import ...

Methane regulation fines delayed carbon trading restrictions eased amid concerns over energy supply and security ...

Researchers in Germany and the UK have discovered a material that can flip its chirality when put under physical stress. The researchers hope the phenomenon, which they have dubbed the piezochiral ...