A research team has discovered an electrochemical method that allows highly selective para-position single-carbon insertion ...

A new study identified Parkinson’s disease-associated compounds from earwax, but some scientists remain skeptical.

Berkeley Lab creates new molecule that could point the way to safe disposal of nuclear waste A team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists give heavy-metal molecule the name berkelocene.

Scientists have introduced a second molecule to achieve a donor–acceptor (push–pull) effect, aiming to enhance both the ...

Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll ...

From anti-counterfeiting inks to bioimaging agents, phosphorescent materials that glow after light exposure are critical for security and sensing applications. However, most current systems rely ...

At KIST, researchers developed a unique polymer, called PCL-TEMPO, combining a biodegradable polymer (polycaprolactone, or ...

Organic chemistry is normally a sophomore-year class, meaning the students would have spent their first year of college having it turned upside-down by a pandemic that was most decidedly not over.

Organic molecules—compounds containing carbon—abound on Earth, especially in the bodies of living things. They’re often called the building blocks of life, and for good reason: Carbon atoms ...

The Mars Curiosity rover ’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. The trio of long-chain compounds preserved in Martian ...

Organic molecules — compounds containing carbon — abound on Earth, especially in the bodies of living things. They’re often called the building blocks of life, and for good reason: Carbon atoms can ...