For more than a century, scientists have treated chemistry as the master key to building new materials, tuning bonds and charges to coax atoms into useful patterns. A new wave of research is quietly ...

Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex ...

UCLA chemists proved that some of chemistry’s oldest rules can be broken—and new molecules emerge when they are.

A recent review published in npj Metamaterials brings together a decade of research showing how nano-architected mechanical metamaterials are changing the way engineers think about strength, stiffness ...

If you know what diatoms are, it’s probably for their beauty. These single-celled algae found on the ocean floor have ornate glassy shells that shine like jewels under the microscope. Their pristine ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year. The sun's ultraviolet light and ocean turbulence break down these plastics into invisible nanoparticles that threaten marine ecosystems.

Although the usual image of a cell is an amorphous blob, these mouse cells settled into well-defined polygonal shapes thanks to a patterning system stamped onto the surface the cells are sitting on.