A new model rectifies the long-standing deficiencies of the electronegativity concept.

Chemists have created a highly reactive chemical compound that has eluded scientists for more than 120 years. The discovery could lead to new drug treatments, safer agricultural products, and better ...

Scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride, showing how extreme conditions can push familiar ...

Scientists have coaxed one of the universe’s most stubborn elements into a new compound. Formed under intense pressures, the newly discovered compound packs helium atoms into crystalline iron, ...

One of the rarest and most mysterious elements in the periodic table has finally given up some crucial chemical secrets, eight decades after its discovery. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

The National Institute for Materials Science has successfully synthesized a new SmFe-based magnetic compound, SmFe 8.8 N 1.1, which possesses superior intrinsic magnetic properties when compared to ...

Scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Cell-Material Sciences have discovered a novel cluster compound that could prove useful as a catalyst. Compounds, called polyoxometalates, contain a ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.

Natural sunscreens shield the skin from harmful radiation, without triggering allergic reactions. In a recently published ...