The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity ...

In a quest to answer the question of habitability, scientists equipped Curiosity with a suite of instruments and ...

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On the far right side of the periodic table, just beneath oxygen, sits a lesser-known group of elements called the chalcogens ...

Organic compounds found in a Martian crater contain building blocks of life, according to a new study.

Advances in artificial intelligence promise to help chemical engineers discover complex new materials. These materials could ...

World-first catalysts and functional nanomaterials that could enable society’s transition to clean energy are being pioneered by researchers at a university focused on innovation in Dalian, China.

Atlanta—Last Wednesday evening, 2026 American Chemical Society president Rigoberto Hernandez opened the first ever ACS 150th keynote address of the society’s Spring 2026 meeting. He called it “a ...

As a graduate student in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi wondered why making molecules was limited to the traditional ‘shake and bake’ method — mix the ingredients, heat them, and let thermodynamics do the ...