Exactly how non-living molecules sparked into life is one of the most puzzling mysteries of science. Now scientists at Scripps Research have discovered a new set of chemical reactions that can produce ...

Florida State University researchers have discovered a pathway within a certain type of molecule that limits chemical ...

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During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

Reaction engineering plays a vital role in chemical transformations where raw materials are converted into value-added products such as fuels, commodity chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Like many other ...

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

Photosynthesis is the process that plants, algae, and even certain species of bacteria use to convert sunlight into oxygen and chemical energy stored as sugar (aka gluclose). But what are the ...

The study uncovers a key mechanism in the [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement, opening avenues for selective chemical reactions in pharmaceutical applications.

When cooking food, multiple molecular-level reactions occur, notably responsible for releasing aromas. However, these ...