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A group of scientists in Switzerland may have cracked the code in how to recycle plastic without degrading its quality.

Scientists Say New System Can Recycle Plastic Indefinitely Without Degrading Its Quality

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of scientists has developed a substance so hard and tough that it can go toe to toe with diamonds, the hardest material on Earth.

Scientists Create Substance Rivaling Diamonds in Hardness

By Sharon Adarlo

A University of Delaware student "accidentally" created a small amount of a "shock-sensitive explosive chemical" in one of the university's labs.

College Student “Accidentally” Builds Explosive, Forcing Bomb Squad to Detonate It

By Victor Tangermann

ATP, the universal energy molecule, couldn't rise to the top alone. It needed both water and another phosphorylating molecule, called AcP, to do it.

Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why ATP Powers All Life on Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

UCLA posted a "job" opening for an assistant adjunct professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department but it's unpaid.

Miserly University Trying to “Hire” a Professor Who’s Completely Unpaid

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new molecule-sized "camera" helps scientists watch individual chemical reactions in real-time, and they say it could lead to better solar panels.

Scientists Build Molecule-Sized “Camera” To Watch Chemical Reactions in Real-Time

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found out that the invasive weed Bidens pilosa a cheap source of enzymes that help make wine and cheese.

Scientists Made Wine and Cheese Using an Annoying Weed

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists identified a protein molecule in a meteorite. And they say they that it didn't come from Earth.

Scientists Discover Protein in a Meteorite

By Dan Robitzski

A new AI system called SchNOrb can probe the quantum mechanics of compounds to help scientists design new molecules from scratch.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Learning Quantum Mechanics to Design New Molecules

By Dan Robitzski

In the past, purifying water before splitting it into hydrogen was too costly. Now, there's a way to save money and use saltwater instead.

New Technique Turns Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

A self-assembling network of silver nanowires responds to electrical signals in a similar way to how the brain stores memories.

Artificial Intelligence

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

By Dan Robitzski

Spanish scientists just let some photosynthetic bacteria go to town on stool samples. They turned it into biofuel and filtered out any greenhouse gases.

A Purple, Photosynthetic Bacteria Can Turn Your Poop Into Power

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from Ghent University have figured out a way to store data in a powder, and it could help us move away from magnetic storage solutions.

We Can Now Store Data in the Form of a Powder

By Kristin Houser

Scientists have undertaken a project to unlock Bioinspired Light-Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC), a new type of science that could help replace fossil fuels.

Sugar, Light, And A New Type of Chemistry — What It May Take To Wean Us Off Fossil Fuels

By Dan Robitzski

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

By Dan Robitzski

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

By Dan Robitzski