chemistry

Beijing power plant

Globe-trotting pollutants pose a larger threat to public health than previously thought

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic air pollutants produced by combustion, are linked to lung cancer and other serious health problems. Recent findings suggest that these tiny particles travel long distances and significantly increase overall health risks.

Globe-trotting pollutants pose a larger threat to public health than previously thought

Better Chemistry Through Beauty

Better Chemistry Through Beauty
In an archive photo, student Mary Duke Webber uses a microscope at Duke University at some time in the late 1930s.

How small is small? Try looking at the nano-dimension

How small is small? Try looking at the nano-dimension
Galaxy formation

The water on Earth is even older than the sun

The water on Earth is even older than the sun
bacterial nanowires

'Bacterial nanowires' may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more

'Bacterial nanowires' may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more