Snow, ice and winter lights aren’t the only things that sparkle during the holiday season in Western New York. At this time each year, students in Jeff Yap’s science class at Williamsville South High ...

Hydrogen is often seen as the fuel of the future on account of its zero-emission and high gravimetric energy density, meaning it stores more energy per unit of mass compared to gasoline. Its low ...

Crystals made from mucic acid are the stiffest organic crystals reported to date. 1 They owe their rigidity to a dense web of hydrogen bonding between their molecules, giving them mechanical ...

New York University chemists have created three-dimensional DNA structures, a breakthrough bridging the molecular world to the world where we live. The work, reported in the latest issue of the ...

Your browser does not support the video tag. This video captures the moment an organic crystal, maintained at liquid-nitrogen temperature, repairs a visible crack ...

Chemists love crystals. We don’t do as much recrystallization as we used to, since there are higher-throughput (and less labor-intensive) ways of purifying things these days, but I don’t think I’ve ...

Through a simple process of heating and cooling, researchers have created a new crystal form of deltamethrin -- a common insecticide used to control malaria -- resulting in an insecticide that is up ...

Chemists are exploring a new method for designing materials, and it’s called shape-directed self-assembly. A research team at Seoul National University created saddle-shaped molecules that stacked ...

Crystals such as diamonds are renowned for their vibrant colors and unique geometries. But to a chemist, their beauty transcends what we can see with the naked eye. With special equipment, they are ...

Yes, these crystals were formed in space on the International Space Station, but despite the crystals’ epic and extraordinary origin, the astronauts aboard the ISS who worked on the experiment got a ...