Chemistry

Organic farming techniques don't increase milk's nutritional value.
Leigh Cooper, Contributor
Blocking fats from chocolate coatings can avoid whiteness, extend shelf life.
Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Contributor
Preserving paintings is now a matter of chemistry.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
The new study could help scientists identify drugs able to disrupt the protein's activity.
Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Contributor
New micromotor technology can zap chemical and biological warfare agents.
Alexander Hellemans, Contributor
Discoveries led to development of something even better than microscopes. Nanoscopes.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
2 Americans and a German share award for circumventing theoretical limit of magnification.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Research shows how salt in the environment can destroy ancient buildings and art.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
New insights explain how respiration does not result in asphyxiation.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
A decades-old discovery may be crucial to increasing solar panel efficiency.
Ker Than, Contributor
The natural gas industry seeks better chemicals.
Patricia Waldron, Contributor
Evidence of life could be preserved in blades of salt crystals on the Red Planet.
Ker Than, Contributor