Fluorine is critical for biomedicine. This element can help drug compounds be more potent and last longer in the body, and ...

In what's being hailed as an important first for chemistry, an international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can selectively rearrange atomic bonds within a single molecule. The ...

While scientists have long known that iron oxide minerals help lock away enormous amounts of carbon—sequestering it from the ...

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The latest short science news items from C&EN. Open an introductory chemistry textbook. What is a covalent bond? A covalent bond occurs when atoms share electrons in a molecule. What is a hydrogen ...

Scientists reveal how iron-rich soil minerals chemically trap carbon using multiple nanoscale bonding mechanisms.

A group of scientists from Durham University and University of York have twisted molecules to their breaking point in order to challenge the understanding of chemical bonds. The researchers explored ...

Using advanced microscopy techniques, researchers have recorded the breaking of a single chemical bond between a carbon atom and an iron atom on different molecules. The team used a high-resolution ...

Barry Bonds' trial was a lot like high school chemistry and biology class Thursday. After former Bonds business partner Steve Hoskins finished a cross-examination in which he admitted his previous ...