An international team of researchers has uncovered what might be a critical step in the chemical evolution of molecules in cosmic “stellar nurseries.” In these vast clouds of cold gas and dust in ...

Life exists because elements combine to form complex organic molecules. Astrochemistry studies this process, trying to ...

For years, scientists thought some complex molecules could only be formed on Earth. But what if we found these kinds of molecules out in space after all? In this episode of Reactions, we explore new ...

A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists built the machine to assemble complex small ...

Cyanide shows up in apple seeds, toxicology reports and now a planetary nursery encircling a young star. Cyanide compounds found in a planet-forming disk suggest that the rich brew of organic ...

Artificial intelligence, building-block chemistry and a molecule-making machine teamed up to find the best general reaction conditions for synthesizing chemicals important to biomedical and materials ...

Alexandra Navrotsky, interim dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, addresses noon-hour briefing where she and Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi announced the campus is taking the first steps toward a ...

Carbyne complexes, defined by a formal metal–carbon triple bond (M≡C), reside at the frontier of organometallic chemistry. These species span a continuum from Fischer‐type carbynes, bearing π‐acceptor ...

A laboratory experiment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the ...

For years, scientists thought some complex molecules could only be formed on Earth. But what if we found these kinds of molecules out in space after all? In this episode of Reactions, we explore new ...