A team of scientists at UNSW has discovered that some of the most important new refrigerants break down, in part, into ...

Eric Keller has been producing soap from the fat of their pigs for practically nothing for two years. He shares the process ...

The University of Leicester says its scientists have developed a new technique for recycling lithium-ion batteries using ...

The University of Leicester's innovative approach to battery waste recycling uses nanoemulsions, offering a sustainable ...

Computational chemistry describes the use of computer modelling and simulation – including ab initio approaches based on quantum chemistry, and empirical approaches – to study the structures ...

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product ...

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

A cadre of experts from China and Germany may have found a life-extending elixir of sorts for promising lithium-sulfur ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Dissolved Organic Matter is a mysterious and still largely unidentified combination of substances that is thought to be ...

The process of separating useful molecules from mixtures of other substances accounts for 15% of the nation's energy, emits 100 million tons of carbon dioxide and costs $4 billion annually. In a new ...