From a mission to Saturn's moons to a marine mollusc, this quick chemistry crossword will test your knowledge ...

Nobelium is now the heaviest element to have been directly detected as part of a larger molecule. The new nobelium complexes were created as part of a series of investigations charting the chemistry ...

Solid gold samples have been superheated to more than 14 times the material’s melting point without losing their crystalline structure. The researchers behind the work say that the experiments suggest ...

On top of the financial expense, applications and renewals are slowing scientific progress and damaging researcher mental health ...

A team of researchers in the US and China has calculated that extreme pressure could theoretically allow stable covalent helium–fluorine bonds to form, challenging the idea that helium is a chemically ...

The United Nations’ newly formed intergovernmental panel advising on policy around chemicals, waste and pollution faces a gargantuan and complex task. Given the complexity of negotiations so far, even ...

The exact crystal structure of the stable form of a widely used semiclathrate hydrate has finally been elucidated – 80 years after the material was first discovered. The work provides deeper ...