Chemistry Articles

Cool Jobs: People with a taste for chemistry

By Catherine M. Cooney / May 30, 2012
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Chemists contribute to food flavorings, fuel extraction and everything in between

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DNA, RNA…and XNA?

By Roberta Kwok / May 7, 2012
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Scientists create artificial genetic molecules that can carry information, evolve

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Squeeze power

By Stephen Ornes / March 27, 2012
The blue glow in the sole of this shoe shows a chemical reaction at work. Credit: H. T. Baytekin and B. Baytekin

Under pressure, plastics produce energy

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Self-cleaning clothes

By Stephen Ornes / January 10, 2012
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A few hours of sunshine cleans specially treated cotton fabrics

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DEET confuses mosquitoes

By Stephen Ornes / October 12, 2011
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Scientists suspect the repellant messes with a mosquito’s sense of smell

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Plant-powered plastics

By Sharon Oosthoek / July 13, 2011
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Scientists are using green materials to create more Earth-friendly plastics

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Superslim silicene

By Stephen Ornes / April 13, 2011
The next big thing?

Lab-made sheets of silicon are only one atom thick

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Like poison for phosphorus

By Stephen Ornes / December 13, 2010

Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic

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Prizes award big ideas about small things

By Stephen Ornes / October 18, 2010

Carbon and IVF win big in this year’s Nobel prizes

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These gems make their own way

By Roberta Kwok / May 25, 2010

Gemstones made in the lab could improve your cell phone or catch nasty bacteria in your water.

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