Platinum works beautifully. It speeds up chemical reactions, holds up under punishment, and sits reliably at the center of industrial processes worth billions of dollars annually.

After years of research, international experts have confirmed the discovery of a new chemical reaction, launching new ...

Chemical reactivity lies at the heart of understanding molecular transformations, and Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT) provides a robust framework for quantifying and predicting such ...

Laboratory equipment used in chemistry research. (Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Moment/Getty Images) A peculiar observation during laboratory experiments has led researchers to the breakthrough of a lifetime ...

Chromone derivatives represent a versatile class of compounds whose unique reactivity underpins the development of complex heterocyclic architectures with significant biological, photophysical and ...

Computational Chemistry is the study of complex chemical problems using a combination of computer simulations, chemistry theory and information science. Also called cheminformatics, this field enables ...

In nature, the behavior of systems—whether large or small—is always governed by a few fundamental principles. For instance, objects fall downward because it minimizes their energy. At the same time, ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers are building out the repertoire of chemical reactions, using light. In a paper published in the journal Nature, chemistry professor Yang Yang and collaborators at the ...

The new reaction enables selective modification of anti-cancer drugs, rapid synthesis of medicinal compounds, and production of recyclable polymers, enhancing drug and materials science.

A ring of beads connected to tentacles A modeling study shows how chemical reactions can stimulate motion in simple systems, like the structure here—made of enzyme coated beads connected to ...

Framework can investigate regions of chemical space that are normally inaccessible, painting a clearer picture of how molecules can form, transform and interconvert ...