In synthetic chemistry, so-called element-element bonding can be systematically exploited to assemble small building blocks to obtain structures that are more complex than the "starting material" and ...

Chemical engineers have discovered a photocatalyst that can destroy 99% of the 'forever' chemical PFOA in laboratory tests on polluted water. Researchers showed the boron nitride catalyst also ...

The team of authors is made of sub-teams led by Artem R. Oganov (theoretical crystallographer from Stony Brook University), Jiuhua Chen (materials scientist from Florida International University), ...

Zhenguo Huang receives funding from Australian Research Council and U.S. Borax. Each time you watch sport on a flatscreen television, or send a message by touching your smartphone screen, give thanks ...

Even though it is listed in the periodic table, 1 the metallic element boron is not a naturally occurring element. It is found in small amounts in the earth’s surface, and it is thought to be produced ...