Articles about Chemistry

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Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is finding new ways to accelerate the pace of… Read More

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

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Researchers take a freeze-frame reading of electrons energized in a stream of water

An international team of scientists has blazed a new trail for studying how atoms respond to radiation, by tracking the… Read More

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Microsoft Azure Quantum joins the quest to create new hydrogen fuel-cell catalysts

Chemists at Microsoft Azure Quantum are teaming up with Johnson Matthey, a British-based clean-tech company, to identify new types of… Read More

Washington state researchers get $2M grant to invent better ways of recycling plastic trash

Despite well-intended efforts to keep plastic water bottles, packaging and other items out of landfills, only 9% of plastics in… Read More

Seattle startup wants to revolutionize medicine for kids with world’s first gummy drugs

Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication… Read More

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Chilled-down views of biomolecules win chemistry Nobel Prize for international trio

This year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry recognizes the invention of cryo-electron microscopy, a method for chilling down biomolecules to produce… Read More

$12 million gift from professor and his wife will serve as a catalyst for UW chemistry

The University of Washington’s Department of Chemistry will be the beneficiary of a $12 million gift from an unusual source:… Read More

‘Nova’ TV series gets into the Kickstarter spirit with ‘Make Science for All’ campaign

Kickstarter has given a boost to science projects ranging from satellites to “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” but now it’s opening a new… Read More

Nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, oganesson: Welcome to the periodic table

After months of review, the world’s authority on chemical names has approved the official labels for four extremely rare elements… Read More

Future life as we don’t know it? Scientists breed proteins to bond silicon and carbon

Using directed evolution, researchers say they’ve “bred” protein molecules from an unusual type of bacteria to create chemical bonds between… Read More

A chiral link to life’s origins? Scientists find mirror molecules in interstellar cloud

Researchers say they’ve found the first evidence of mirror-image molecules in interstellar space – a discovery that relates to the chemistry that… Read More

Four new elements added to periodic table, filling out the chart’s seventh row

The scientific body in charge of chemistry’s periodic table has verified the discoveries of four elements – completing the seventh… Read More

Lithium-air battery comes one step closer to electric car nirvana

A decade from now, we could all be driving low-cost electric cars for hundreds of miles without recharging, thanks to… Read More