Eye swabs, bioassays, and even smart contact lenses can pick up biomarkers for various conditions

The antiaging molecule, when broken down, can paradoxically drive inflammation. Drugmakers are trying to capture only its benefits

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations

His work has revealed a lack of transparency in fruit- and vegetable-based products

Chemists make simple amides using only inexpensive lab chemicals

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There’s scientific information right under your nose, but some smells better than others

When hit with low-frequency ultrasound, the nanoparticles release antibiotics deep inside bacterial communities

Bacteria turn sugars labeled with carbon-13 into detectable carbon dioxide, quickly identifying infections in mice

There’s scientific information right under your nose, but some smells better than others

There’s scientific information right under your nose, but some smells better than others

From handshake deals to experiments at Home Depot, the history of Taco Bell's disruptive faux cheese-dusted taco.

Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions

Over the last year, through fear and intimidation, the Trump administration has succeeded in shrinking transgender adolescents’ access to gender-affirming care. One by one, programs that previously se...

Edison unknowingly created graphene, and students meticulously produce a copper sulfate colossus

Unusually orange crystal contains a californium-carbon bond that is largely ionic

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Only one photo will emerge victorious

3-component assembly builds a natural product that could fight cancer

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly impacts

Belén González-Gaya recounts hitching a ride on a commercial cruise to measure contaminants in a remote region

Consumers shouldn't panic

Why inclusive design is good for more than access—it expands the boundaries of discovery

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

Scientists with disabilities ascended to the forefronts of their fields long before labs were accessible and civil rights were codified

Food-safe fatty acids keep fungi off surfaces and kill them on contact

From the lab that found impurities on your stir bar—your flask’s placement on a stirrer plate can mess with your reaction too

Battery start-ups and larger labs scrutinize materials in every part of electric vehicle systems, especially anodes

Chemists string 6 nitrogen atoms together to make hexanitrogen