Basic Chemistry

Opt for lighter, cheaper wine to dodge headaches this holiday season

New research harnessed the highly absorbent dye tartrazine, used as the common food coloring Yellow No. 5, to turn tissues in living mice clear—temporarily revealing organs and vessels inside the animals

A novel way of making superheavy elements could soon add a new row to the periodic table, allowing scientists to explore uncharted atomic realms

Humans need around 30 vitamins and minerals to keep our bodies functioning

Promethium, one of the rarest and most mysterious elements in the periodic table, has finally given up some crucial chemical secrets

A number of whole-body deodorants are coming to market. But are they safe and effective?

Extreme atoms are pushing the bounds of physics and chemistry

Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge

A new surface uses tiny gaps to supercharge bubble formation to transfer heat

With chemical spills and other accidents a common occurrence, it’s becoming more expensive to maintain the status quo than to make chemistry safer 

How salt makes roads safer in winter—and why new methods could be better for the environment

Information theory can help us decode signs of biological activity hiding in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets