Plaster of Paris is a quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine white powder. The white powder hardens when moistened ...

Most natural diamonds have ages between 1 billion and 3.5 billion years. Diamond is the only gem with a single element. Do ...

While we refer to substances by their common names in everyday life, all these substances have a chemical name and a chemical formula that scientists and researchers use. The system of chemical naming ...

CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is a natural gas stored under high pressure. It is lighter than air and ideal for vehicles due ...

Seeing chemistry unfold inside living cells is one of the biggest challenges of modern bioimaging. Raman microscopy offers a ...

Speeding up drug discovery in the age of AI may come down to a concept that's comfortingly old-fashioned: Consulting a ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) is starting the new year with a new president. On 1 January 2026, Mary Garson, professor emerita of chemistry at the University of ...

Midland, MI, Nov. 11--Dow Chemical Co. named Andrew N. Liveris, 49, president and chief operating officer. William Stavropoulos, 64, will relinquish his role as president, but will continue as ...

Abstract: Polymer database (PoLyInfo) provides various data required for polymeric materials design. The main data source is academic papers on polymers. PoLyInfo collects information on polymer names ...