Chemical reactions drive life. They ensure that cells obtain energy, proteins perform their functions, and DNA changes under ...

A group of researchers at the University of Tokyo have spent years testing the limits of chemical bonds. And now, after years of work, they've finally explored an idea originally proposed in 1931: a ...

A team of chemists from the University of Vienna, led by Nuno Maulide, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of chemical synthesis, developing a novel method for manipulating ...

Streamlining the synthesis of valuable amines, researchers present a new method that can selectively insert nitrogen into specific carbon–hydrogen bonds. According to their study, the approach could ...

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 ...

A Dutch-German team of scientists has succeeded for the first time in controlling a chemical reaction via steering the motion of electrons with ultrashort laser pulses of a precisely controlled ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A while ago, I wrote a couple of posts ...