A newly described type of chemistry in fungi is both surprisingly common and likely to involve highly reactive enzymes, two traits that make the genes involved useful signposts pointing to a potential ...

THE first edition of Bloxam's textbook was published in 1867. It must evidently have undergone very extensive revision. There can be scarcely a page of the original book left. The revision in the ...

Chemistry is hard enough to understand. But this already-convoluted field of science can be even worse because of some stuff that defies logic. Here are five examples. There are two chemicals that are ...

Discover 10 captivating home science experiments that will ignite your curiosity! Dive into DIY chemistry projects and kitchen science for kids, transforming everyday items into incredible scientific ...

Jack Szostak has decided to drop the work that won him a Nobel Prize, and focus instead on a very big picture: how did interesting chemistry somehow produce something that could undergo Darwinian ...

THIS little handbook, evidently the outcome of long experience in teaching young students, is primarily intended for science masters in secondary schools. It includes a well-selected and well-arranged ...

WHITING — College of Calumet of St. Joseph welcomed 40 students from the Hammond Academy of Science and Technology on Thursday to take part in a chemistry day, in which the students got to experience ...

I was able to test out the Foundation Chemistry Kit: Beakers and Bubbles (Yellow Scope). I think it’s pretty interesting. It says it’s for girls, but I think it’s for boys and girls. It can be for all ...

Water is clear and colorless and has many interesting and useful characteristics. There are other liquids that are also clear and colorless but have properties very different from water. In this ...

Life on Earth may have stayed boring and small if it weren’t thanks to one deadly element. Life’s been around on Earth for at least 3.7 billion years. But for most of that time, it was incredibly ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its ...