The movement of protons through electrically charged water is one of the most fundamental processes in chemistry. It is evident in everything from eyesight to energy storage to rocket fuel — and ...

Evidence is mounting that the same basic chemistry that made Earth habitable is unfolding, or once unfolded, on Mars. From ...

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

Basic science refers to the branches of natural sciences that seek to understand the underlying principles of the universe. This field encompasses disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and biology, ...

André O. Hudson receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. We asked André O. Hudson, a biochemist and microbiologist at the Rochester Institute of Technology, to explain how basic ...

Chemistry is the study of matter and energy, and the interaction between them. Sometimes called the “central science,” chemistry connects the other natural sciences together in a way that is both ...

You might think of chemistry only in the context of lab tests, food additives or dangerous substances, but the field of chemistry involves everything around us. "Everything you hear, see, smell, taste ...