Scientists have decoded the atomic-level secrets behind catalysts that turn propane into propylene. Their algorithms reveal ...

Countless everyday products, from plastic squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture, are derived by first turning propane into ...

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Scientists have made a significant advance toward making movies of extremely fast atomic processes with potential applications in energy production, chemistry, medicine, materials science and more.

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the ...

Scientists in Germany have uncovered previously unknown properties of the rare Earth element samarium by developing a powerful new technique to investigate the internal structure of atoms. For the ...

Dr. Ada E. Yonath, a postdoctoral fellow at the Mellon College of Science in 1969, received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her studies of the ribosome. “Ada Yonath at the Weizmann ...