Browsing: Chemistry

California sewage treatment facilityJustin Sullivan/Getty Images Wastewater treatment facilities are a major source of PFAS contamination in U.S. drinking water, estimated to contain enough “forever chemicals”…

Millions of US residents may be drinking water containing potentially harmful compoundsYu Yu Hui/Getty Images Common disinfectants found in drinking water break down into compounds about…

Difficult to separate oil and water without leaving behind impuritiesAbaka Press/Alamy A mixture of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping it through narrow…

Nobel Prize Committee announces Chemistry Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in StockholmJonathan Knackstrand/AFP via Getty Images The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry…

Covalent bonds can contain 2, 4, 6, 8 electrons, or just 1 electron.Simone N/Shutterstock Chemists rarely create new kinds of chemical bonds, but they’ve done it:…

Common eastern bumblebee collecting nectarNature Photo Library/Alamy In the first study of its kind, scientists have found that feeding honeybees small pieces of absorbent hydrogel increases…

Dual potential energy well with quantum wave functions on a ladder of different energy levelsN.E. Frattini et al. The 135-year-old laws of chemistry are getting a…

A replica of the “Welcome Stranger,” a 100 kg gold nugget discovered in Australia in 1869.Ian Dagnall/Alamy Earthquakes can create electric fields that attract gold dissolved…

Farmers rely on ammonia to fertilize their crops.Patty Calfee/Getty Images The environmentally friendly technology uses multi-chamber chemical reactors to turn wastewater into ammonia and harmless by-products.…

When mixed with hydrogel, protein-based drugs can remain effective for longer at higher temperatures.Shutterstock/Renko Alex Many medicines need to be kept refrigerated or they become ineffective,…